Books with author Albert G. Miller

An energetic young boy dreams about jumping to the moon. An adult tells him he can do anything if he tries hard enough. So the boy jumps and jumps. He gives it everything he has only to discover there are some things you cannot do, no matter how hard you try. Realizing he can never jump to the moon, the boy is forlorn until he sets a new goal for himself that is lofty and challenging, but also realistic and attainable. Through hard work, perseverance, study and teamwork the boy climbs a tall mountain. He experiences overwhelming happiness, regains his lost confidence and no longer feels compelled to jump to the moon.

The adventures of Silver Chief, the brave Eskimo husky, and his master, Sergeant Peter Thorn of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, ,as they pursue an international criminal across a continent are related in this vintage story. At the urgent request of the International Criminal Police Organization, the Mounties take on the task of bringing Nick Saxon to justice. Saxon, wanted in France for the murder of a police officer, is on the Atlantic, headed for Canada and a hide-out in the Eskimo territory he once knew as a fur trapper. If he makes port, he can count on the aid of his international narcotics ring to abet his flight. Sergeant Thorne's orders are to bring him in alive, but Saxon, ruthless and knowing, eludes his pursuers on sea and on land until he has led them across Canada to the bleak Arctic tundra where he is at home and fears neither man nor dog. There, he plans to ambush his old foe and the dog he detests.

When writing Mark Twain's love story in fictional form, it was necessary to invent conversations not recorded in published accounts of his life. Also, in keeping with the fictional character of the narrative, several imagined scenes and embellishments were add. The chronology of Mark's Elmira campaign, however, was not altered, and the principal events of his courtship actually occurred as noted in the story.

In this modern adaptation of the classic nursery rhyme "A Farmer in the Dell" a farmer is faced with the choice of selling his land to a real-estate developer. One by one the farmer asks each member of his family, his farm animals and the people who live in the nearby city whether or not he should sell the land. All insist he should not sell out and everyone is happy because they have a place to grow organic vegetables.