[Gutenberg 21240] • The Lone Ranche
- Authors
- Reid, Mayne
- Publisher
- B&R Samizdat Express
- Tags
- adventure and adventurers -- juvenile fiction , voyages and travels -- juvenile fiction , death -- juvenile fiction , adventure , courtship -- juvenile fiction , sailing -- juvenile fiction , animals -- juvenile fiction , new mexico -- juvenile fiction , hunting -- juvenile fiction , soldiers -- juvenile fiction , 1846-1848 -- juvenile fiction , birds -- juvenile fiction , mexican war , childrens
- ISBN
- 2940000764695
- Date
- 2009-02-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.30 MB
- Lang
- en
Thomas Mayne Reid (1818-1883), was an Irish- American novelist. "Captain" Reid wrote many adventure novels akin to those written by Frederick Marryat and Robert Louis Stevenson. These novels contain action that takes place primarily in untamed settings: the American West, Mexico, South Africa, the Himalayas, and Jamaica. Reid had his first poem published in Godey's Lady's Book under the pseudonym "A Poor Scholar". Books such as The Young Voyagers (1853) had great popularity, especially with boys. He was also very popular around the world; his tales of the American West captivated children everywhere, including Europe and Russia. Among his books, many of which were popular in translation in Poland and Russia, were The Rifle Rangers (1850), Scalp Hunters (1851), Boy Hunters (1853), War Trail (1851), Boy Tar (1859), and Headless Horseman (1865/6).