New Releases by Allan W. Eckert

Allan W. Eckert is the author of La rencontre (2019), Wild Season (2019), Gold Fever (2014), That Dark and Bloody River (2011), The Infinite Dream (2011).

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La rencontre

release date: Dec 02, 2019
La rencontre
Par un jour orageux de 1870, Ben MacDonald, un petit garçon un peu sauvage, se perd dans la prairie américaine où ses parents ont installé leur ferme. Surpris par la tempête, Ben se glisse dans un terrier où vit une mère blaireau. De la rencontre de ces deux êtres solitaires naît une extraordinaire aventure.

Wild Season

release date: Jan 09, 2019
Wild Season
Winter ended in late March. April was a transitional month, with freezing rains and raw winds. In May, spring truly arrives. As day after day the sun continues to shine, to warm the cold waters of Oak Lake near the Illinois-Wisconsin border, the lives of the animal who live in and around the lake begin to change, for May is the Wild Season. The feeding, the fighting, the mating, the bearing of young and the dying of nature''s wild creatures take on intensity and excitement. There is a renewed vigor in the processes of life.

That Dark and Bloody River

release date: Mar 30, 2011
That Dark and Bloody River
An award-winning author chronicles the settling of the Ohio River Valley, home to the defiant Shawnee Indians, who vow to defend their land against the seemingly unstoppable. They came on foot and by horseback, in wagons and on rafts, singly and by the score, restless, adventurous, enterprising, relentless, seeking a foothold on the future. European immigrants and American colonists, settlers and speculators, soldiers and missionaries, fugitives from justice and from despair—pioneers all, in the great and inexorable westward expansion defined at its heart by the majestic flow of the Ohio River. This is their story, a chronicle of monumental dimension, of resounding drama and impact set during a pivotal era in our history: the birth and growth of a nation. Drawing on a wealth of research, both scholarly and anecdotal—including letters, diaries, and journals of the era—Allan W. Eckert has delivered a landmark of historical authenticity, unprecedented in scope and detail.

The Infinite Dream

release date: Jan 01, 2011
The Infinite Dream
Explores America''s westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River, 1834-1848.

Johnny Logan

release date: Oct 15, 2010
Johnny Logan
Captured at the age of twelve by a U.S. General he comes to regard as father, Johnny Logan, a nephew of the Shawnee chief Tecumseh, eventually rejects the ways of his tribe and becomes an American spy during the War of 1812.

Dark Journey

release date: Jan 01, 2009
Dark Journey
In 1841 a party of men, women, and children set out from Missouri led by John Bidwell, the prince of California pioneers. Their trip to California across the plains and mountains, as revealed in the journal of their leaders, is a tribute to human courage, endurance, and faith. The Bidwell pioneers were followed by many other parties, including the Donner-Reed party. Caught in the Sierra Nevada mountains by the icy grip of an early winter, the Donner party built crude shelters and struggled to survive. Soup made of boiled leather and powdered bones became a luxury. Of the 79 persons who started, 34 died before an expedition out of California rescued the survivors.

The Last Great Auk

release date: Jan 01, 2003

The King Snake

release date: Apr 02, 2001
The King Snake
A very special young adult nature novel about the life and adventures in survival of a North Carolina king snake, from the time of his hatching until he becomes adult. The story shows the way he lives, how he catches and eats his prey (including other snakes, even poisonous ones), his value in the balance of nature and the fascinating events of his life, shedding new light and understanding about the lives of snakes, which, despite their value to man, are so often misunderstood and deliberately killed just because of what they are or what they are perceived to be.

Savage Journey

release date: Apr 01, 2001
Savage Journey
"Eckert''s skills as a naturalist, previously displayed in his Newbery Award-winning Incident at Hawk''s Hill, are here given full expression and armchair adventurers will soon be caught in its spell. The pristine and often savage beauty of the killer rainforest is described in lush detail; the reader is right there, watching. Once the reader has been snagged, he''ll be as much a captive of the magnificent forest as is Sarah Francis and just as intent as she to survive in a paradoxically terrifying and beautiful environment. The reader cannot help by hold his breath!" -Cincinnati Enquirer

The Crossbreed

release date: Apr 01, 2000
The Crossbreed
His mother was a housecat gone wild—a huge, tiger-striped cat who survived almost certain death at the hands of a man intent upon destroying her and her family. His father was a bobcat—a proud, cunning creature of the Wisconsin countryside, whose tumultuous courtship with her resulted ultimately in his own violent death. The Crossbreed himself was their largest offspring—the only one that strange litter the feral housecat bore to resemble his sire, even though his markings were those of his mother. His intelligence and ability and the combination of the better attributes of both breeds enabled him to survive in a world of enemies and t undergo an incredible odyssey of over two thousand miles in four years. The Crossbreed is a swiftly paced, sometimes brutal sometimes sad, always compelling novel of an indomitable spirit; of the perfection that is nature and of the cruel and sometimes wonderfully tender moments between men and animals.

Earth Treasures, Vol. 1

release date: Jan 01, 2000

Earth Treasures: The northwestern quadrant

release date: Jan 01, 2000

Return to Hawk's Hill

release date: Jan 01, 1998
Return to Hawk's Hill
Running away from a vicious trapper, seven-year-old Ben MacDonald is separated from his family and eventually ends up on the shores of Lake Winnipeg, where he is taken in by a tribe of Metis Indians.

The World of Opals

release date: Oct 02, 1997
The World of Opals
Readers will find fascinating details about the discovery, whereabouts, and value of famous opals, from such classic specimens as the Burning of Troy Opal to the Bonanza Opal and other more recent discoveries. Finally, the book surveys today''s major opal-producing areas and provides current information on opal occurrence worldwide. Punctuating the text are useful tables, extensive glossaries of opal types and opal-related terms, and beautiful photographs that capture the essence and mystery of this most exquisite stone.

That Dark & Bloody River

release date: Oct 01, 1996

A Sorrow in Our Heart

release date: Feb 01, 1993
A Sorrow in Our Heart
A biography of the famous Shawnee describes Tecumseh''s plan to amalgamate all North American tribes into one people, his role as statesman and military strategist, and his death in the Battle of Thames.

The Great Auk

release date: Jan 01, 1991

The Wilderness War

release date: Jan 01, 1990
The Wilderness War
A narrative account of the defeat and dispossession, by 1780, of the Iroquois tribes of New York State and upper Pennsylvania despite the valor of the great chief, Joseph Brant.

Twilight of Empire

release date: Jan 01, 1989
Twilight of Empire
One of the premier chroniclers of our nation''s turbulent frontier history, Allan W. Ecker now presents another spellbinding chapter in the conquest of the American wilderness. Here is the powerful, compellingly human story of the white man''s struggle to claim the rich land of the Northern Mississippi--ancestral home of the Fox and Sac tribes--from the legendary war chief Black Hawk. Having killed his first enemy at sixteen. This proud, brooding warrior extends a hand in friendship to the Spanish and the British, but harbors a lifelong hatred for the Americans, who once burned his home village. Now charged by the president himself, the ambitious governor of Illinois Territory leads a brave and illustrious group of settlers and soldiers to wrest the beautiful land from a nation of destiny and a noble chieftain fated to be betrayed by his own kind.

The Owls of North America, North of Mexico

release date: Jan 01, 1987

The southwestern quadrant

release date: Jan 01, 1987

Wilderness Empire

Wilderness Empire
A sweeping portrait of the French & Indian Wars.

The Scarlet Mansion

The Scarlet Mansion
"This book is strong stuff...magnificently crafted, powerfully written. Read it if you dare...astounding suprise ending."The Daily World

The Wand

The Wand
Back in the land of Mesmeria now under the rule of the evil King Krumpp, Lara and Barnaby discover all their friends imprisoned and the only way that they can rescue them is to find and learn how to use the secret volumes of the Warp and the Wand. Sequelto "The Dark Green Tunnel."

Gateway to Empire

Gateway to Empire
With his unmatched ability to bring our vibrant early history to life, Allan W. Eckert now presents his latest saga of the battle for the North American wilderness. Here, in all its fascinating human drama, is the struggle to control the " gateway to empire" --Chicago Portage, the vital link between the East and the untapped riches of the west. Caught up in the turbulent sweep of events are two men--John Kinzie, a successful trader with a heroic taste for a new frontiers who fought to live in mutual respect with the Indians, and Tecumseh the Shawnee leader, a man of unparalleled wisdom and courage who would see his dream of a united Indian empire betrayed. As the British move toward the war 1812 both men and their people would be trapped in a tragic conflict that would threaten the land they so passionately loved.

Incident at Hawk's Hill [text (large Print)]

Incident at Hawk's Hill [text (large Print)]
A shy, lonely six-year-old wanders into the Canadian prairie and spends a summer under the protection of a badger.

The Dark Green Tunnel

The Dark Green Tunnel
Three children in the Florida Everglades find an entrance to another world which is peopled with centaurs, gnomes, a wizard, and a wicked king, and where they experience both great danger and great joy.

The Wading Birds of North America (north of Mexico)

The Wading Birds of North America (north of Mexico)
The wading and marsh birds of North America north of Mexico is described and illustrated.
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