[Gutenberg 13384] • The Covered Wagon

• Two of American western writer Emerson Hough's books from the early 1900s are bound together in this Kindle book: The Purchase Price and The Covered Wagon

The Purchase Price (1910)

A tale set in Kentucky after the American Revolution.

The Covered Wagon

This old-fashioned adventure tale involves a wagon train bound for the west before the California Gold Rush and a love triangle. Along the route, there are dangerous river crossings, Indian fights, buffalo hunts.

About The Author

Emerson Hough (1857–1923) was an American author of western stories and historical novels born in Newton, Iowa. He was admitted to the bar in 1882 and practiced law in New Mexico before returning to Iowa.

He wrote Story of the Outlaw, a study of the western desperado, which included profiles of Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett. His other notable works included Story of the Cowboy, which received a high recommendation from American President Theodore Roosevelt, along with Way of the West, Singing Mouse Stories, and The Passing of the Frontier.

The Emerson Hough Series Includes 15 of Hough’s Most Popular Stories Including:

1\. Girl at the Halfway House, 1900

2\. The Mississippi Bubble, 1902

3\. Law of the Land, 1905

4\. The Magnificent Adventure

5\. Heart's Desire, 1905

6\. Maw’s Vacation 1921 (A novella)

7\. Story of the Outlaw, 1906

8\. Way of a Man, 1907

9\. 54-40 or Fight, 1909

10\. The Purchase Price, 1910

11\. Man Next Door, 1916

12\. Broken Gate, 1917

13\. Passing of the Frontier, 1918

14\. The Sagebrusher, 1919

15\. The Covered Wagon, 1922