Walter Dumaux Edmonds

This is the story of the forgotten pioneers of the Mohawk Valley during the Revolutionary War....

In 1756, New York State was still a British colony, and the French and the Indians were constant threats to young Edward and his family....

Clumsy, diffident Dick Mount and clever Maggie Gordon live in isolated clearings in New York's Mohawk Valley....

When John Haskell's father dies, he leaves behind a mountain of debt for his family to overcome....

An adventuresome youth determined to travel the world, Tom Whipple leaves his mother in New York and signs up for sea duty on a ship bound for Russia....

Cadmus Henry, mounted on one of the finest mares in Virginia and perfectly turned out from head to toe, dreams of charging intrepidly into battle....

This short story, pulled from Seven American Stories, and originally published in Harper's in 1930, is a classic of historical fiction....

Walter D. Edmonds tells the story of Uncle Ben, who, free of his domineering wife for a spell, finds a whale in the bay while out with his friend, Henry....

This collection features seven tales inspired by America's colorful history, from colonial times to the early 20th century....