John Buchan

Name: The Thirty-Nine Steps — end matter
Author: John Buchan

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“The Thirty-Nine Steps — end matter”, is a work by John Buchan. It explores elements such as adventure, story and ranch.

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John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps — end matter

“ THE BORDER LEGION
Joan Randle, in a spirit of anger, send Jim Cleve out to a lawless western mining camp, to prove his mettle. Then realizing that she loved him—she followed him out. On her way she is captured by a bandit band, and troubles begins when she shoots Kella, the leader—and nurses him to health again. Here enters another romance—when Joan, disguised as an outlaw, observes Jim, in the throes of desperadoes. A gold strike, a thrilling robbery—gambling and gun play carry you along breathlessly. ”

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John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps — end matter

“ The story of a girl of the Michigan woods; a buoyant, loveable type of the self-reliant American. Her philosophy is one of kindness towards all things; her hope is never dimmed. And by the sheer beauty of her soul, and the purity of her vision, she wins from barren and unpromising surroundings those rewards of high courage. ”

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“ But when the Girl comes to his "Medicine Woods," there begins a romance of the rarest idyllic quality.
FRECKLES. Illustrated.
Freckles is a nameless waif when the tale opens, but the way in which he takes hold of life; the nature friendships he forms in the great Limberlost Swamp; the manner in which everyone who meets him succumbs to the charm of his engaging personality; and his love-story with "The Angel" are full of real sentiment. ”

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“ THE LIGHT OF WESTERN STARS
A New York society girl buys a ranch which becomes the center of frontier warfare. her loyal superintendent rescues her when she is captured by bandits. A surprising climax brings the story to a delightful close.
THE RAINBOW TRAIL
The story of a young clergyman who becomes a wanderer in the great western uplands—until at last love and faith awake.
DESERT GOLD The story describes the recent uprising along the border, and ends with the finding of the gold which two prospectors had willed to the girl who is the story's heroine. ”

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“ The young hero, tiring of his factory grind starts out to win fame and fortune as a professional ball player. His hard knocks at the start are followed by such success as clen sportsmanship, courage and honesty ought to win. ”

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“ Michael is a quick-witted little Irish newsboy, living in Northern Indiana. He adopts a deserted little girl, a cripple. He also assumes the responsibility of leading the entire rural community upward and onward. ”

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“ A novel of adventure warmed by a beautiful love episode that every reader will hail with delight.
WHITE FANG. Illustrated by Charles Livingston Bull.
"White Fang" is part dog, part wolf and all brute, living in the frozen north; he gradually comes under the spell of man's companionship, and surrenders all at the last in a fight with a bull dog.
Thereafter he is man's loving slave.
Grosset & Dunlap,
Publishers,
New York
ZANE GREY'S NOVELS
May be had wherever books are sold. ”

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John Buchan, The Thirty-Nine Steps — end matter

“ A story of love and politics,—more especially a picture of a country editor's life in Indiana, but the charm of the book lies in the love interest.
THE FLIRT. illustrated by Clarence F. Underwood.
The "Flirt," the younger of two sisters, breaks one girl's engagement, drives one man to suicide, causes the murder of another, leads another to lose bis fortune, and in the end marries a stupid and unpromising suitor, leaving the really worthy one to marry her sister. ”

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