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Walk beside some of the greatest soldiers and servants on the battlefield as you journey through these biographies highlighting the lives and accomplishments of these influential men and women. This collection includes a biography of George Washington, Francis Scott Key, Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, and Florence Nightingale. Learn about the tremendous hardships these soldiers endured in order to defend their personal convictions. Each biography presents a more personal examination of the lives of these American soldiers and servants, highlighting their faith, character, and achievements. These biographies are perfect for grade school students as they present important historical information in story form and help students better understand the political and social ideology during these times .Thousands of readers have praised this series over the years for its historical accuracy and engaging storylines. Now you can get five of these titles for a fraction of the cost!

These captivating stories are great for young boys (and girls) from ages 8 to 12. Twelve-year-old Josh Ladd longs to see his best friend who moved to Hawaii. On the way home from his California school Josh is approached by a stranger asking suspicious questions. This small incident turns into major danger when Josh and his family fly to Hawaii and the mysterious stranger follows them. The friends are thrust into all kinds of high adventure throughout the 15-book series. Each book is teeming with adventure and enforces Christian ethics and morals. These books are great for reluctant readers.

Adventure, mystery and excitement repeatedly thrust 13-year-old D. J. Dillon into the kind of trouble young readers love. A favorite of beginning readers, families, and teachers, this popular series follows D. J.''s adventures with bears and other wild animals in California''s Sierra Nevada Mountains. The chapter books are fun to read and reinforce traditional family values. Each story has a subtle evangelistic tone as well. A glossary is included in the back of each book that helps build vocabulary. This set is the last five books in the series.

Naive young Shiloh did not know what to expect when she went to live with her new husband in the wild city of San Francisco. Her husband''s express business has the potentialof making it big around the city, but there will be many obstacles to overcome.

Murder. Mystery. Spiritual values. Laurel Bartlett, a spy for the Pinkerton Detectives, is thrust into peril while investigating a murder during the construction of the transcontinental railroad in this post-Civil War era novel. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Ten-year-old Galen, an orphan boy who aspires to be a soldier in the Philistine army and carry Goliath''s shield into battle, becomes friends with a young Israelite and learns about his God.

Gideon, a farm boy living in Virginia during the Civil War, overhears three men plotting a slave rebellion.

"Laurel has promised to take one more assignment as a Pinkerton Detective before she marries Ridge. But before she can start a new case involving the building of the transcontinental railroad, she discovers the murder of someone extremely close to her. She vows to find the murderer and bring him to justice.Could the murder be connected to Laurel''s war-time spying? And who could have learned her carefully held secret? She''s told only three people what she did--and now one of them is dead. As Laurel searches for the killer, she also struggles over her love for Ridge. Is love enough to overcome the bitter wartime memories of a Northerner and a Southerner?Her aunt says that there comes a time when no one can help except God. What will it take for Laurel to reach that point? And will God answer her prayer when she hasn''t been on very good terms with Him?"

As fifteen-year-old Gideon seeks work in the Confederate capital, tensions at home are inflamed by President Lincoln''s ultimatum to the rebelling states.

Three young friends including an orphaned northener, a poor southern farm boy, and a secretly educated slave encounter diverse but intertwining experiences during the Civil War in Virginia in 1862.

Edward Chiera was that most remarkable of men, a competent and respected scholar possessed of an ardent desire to make his research readily and entertainingly available to laymen. More remarkable, Chiera had extraordinary gifts to equal to his desire. They Wrote on Clay combines fascinatingly the fruits of sound and painstaking archeology with the natural-born storyteller''s art. As transmitted by Chiera, the message of the recently discovered Babylonian clay tablets becomes an absorbing exrusion into the common life of a vanished civilization. Few will read They Wrote on Clay without becoming infected with something of Chiera''s love for the rich archeological lore of the ancient Near East. "The book presents, briefly and clearly, a vivid picture of a long-dead people who in numerous ways were very like ourselves."—L. M. Field, New York Times "No mystery story can be as exciting."—Harper''s "Plainly and fetchingly written."—New Republic

Spying for the famous Pinkerton Detectives suits Laurel Bartlett''s adventurous nature. During the Civil War Laurel used her charm and cleverness to penetrate Confederate lines and bring back military intelligence for the union army. Now the war has ended, but is cast a long shadow onto Laurel''s future happiness and that of Ridge Granger, the handsome former Confederate cavalryman she met on her last Pinkerton assignment. After a disastrous visit to Ridge Granger''s Virginia home, Laurel head west, convinced that a former Confederate soldier and a Yankee woman have no future together. Besides, he and his former fiancé seem to be rekindling their relationship. A new detective job involved with the building of the transcontinental railroad takes Laurel to California, far from Ridge. Yet she can''t put him out of her mind, even when her life''s in danger as she hunts for a murder witness. At the same time, Laurel''s double life haunts her. Should she tell Ridge the truth--that she''s not the newspaper reporter he thinks she is? More important, does her secretive work honor God? As her faith grows, so do her doubts. Yesterday''s Shadows is the second of the Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. Lee Roddy is a veteran author with many novels for children and adults to his credit. He combined his love of history and writing in the historically accurate Pinkerton Lady Chronicles. He and his wife make their home in California.

Between two flags series. Join Gideon, Emily, and Nat as they face the struggles of growing up during the Civil War.

Between two flags series. Join Gideon, Emily, and Nat as they face the struggles of growing up during the Civil War.

Josh Ladd joins officers of the Alaskan Fish and Game Department to fly a tranquilized "nuisance" bear from Anchorage to be released in a primitive area. Bad weather forces the float plane down where it sinks in a remote mountain lake.

After Josh and Tank crash their snowmobiles in the Alaskan wilderness, they must try to make their way to safety while being stalked by wolves and wild dogs possibly infected with rabies.

When Josh and his family move to Alaska, the twelve-year-old explores his new neighborhood, gets caught up in wilderness adventures, and learns lessons of friendship and trust.

Thirteen-year-old D.J. would rather have a collie than an ugly hound dog until he and Zero join a Christian preacher on a bear hunt in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

Concluding the dramatic Giants on the Hill trilogy, the author paints a gripping plot that takes place in San Francisco during the turbulent Civil War era. As the novel begins, Shiloh and Clay have built a successful stagecoach business and developed a thriving mining operation. But now, in Shiloh''s Choice, they see that citizens are being forced to choose sides as the Civil War causes southern states to secede from the Union.

In this story of the Bear Cub Disaster, D.J. learns that letting go of something you love is the hardest part of caring.

D.J. Dillon''s latest adventure begins one night in the darkened woods when D.J. and his buddy Alfred hear a weird noise. Suddenly, a strange new boy appears and tells them he''s just seen a white racoon. Is he telling the truth?

A thirteen-year-old Christian, his best friend, and a hound dog search for an arsonist responsible for setting several forest fires in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.

While searching for an elusive hound dog in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, D.J., a thirteen-year-old Christian, investigates the dumping of hazardous waste at Sudden Lake.

Shiloh Laird has one dream-to build the California stagecoach business her murdered husband started. But San Francisco in 1850 is a rough town, especially for a widow expecting her first child. In this dramatic second volume of the "Giants on the Hill" trilogy, Cinnabar is the story of love, revenge and the faith to overcome impossible obstacles.

On a cruise from Los Angeles to Mexico, twelve-year-old Josh Ladd and his friend Tank find themselves involved in a dangerous adventure after a mysterious stranger slips a computer disc into Josh''s bag.

The Ladd family''s Hawaii adventures are ending, but not before they once more swim with the whales, scuba dive, and outwit their antagonists--two drug-smuggling sea-turtle poachers.