Books with author Joseph A. Altsheler

Joseph A. Altsheler wrote several volumes of fiction that cover the service of Confederate soldier Harry Kenton and his friends, as well as Union soldier Dick Mason, as they take part in various battles of the Civil War. Altsheler’s books have been historically popular amoung young readers and adults alike. This volume covers the Battle of Chickamauga, the biggest battle in the Western theater and a Confederate victory that nearly destroyed the Union army, which was saved only by the heroic defense orchestrated by George H. Thomas, forever known as the “Rock of Chickamauga.”

Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 – June 5, 1919) was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. He was a prolific writer, and produced fifty-one novels and (at least) fifty-one short stories. A Story of the Old New York Border. Henry had conducted himself so well on his first scout and, had shown such signs of efficiency that Ross concluded to take him again the next day. Henry's heart swelled with pride, and he was no longer worried about Paul, because he saw that the latter's interest and ambitions were not exactly the same as his own. Henry could not have any innate respect for heaps of "old bones," but if Paul and the master found them worthy of such close attention, they must be right.

A light canoe of bark, containing a single human figure, moved swiftly up one of the twin streams that form the Ohio. The water, clear and deep, coming through rocky soil, babbled gently at the edges, where it lapped the land, but in the center the full current flowed steadily and without noise. The thin shadows of early dusk were falling, casting a pallid tint over the world, a tint touched here and there with living fire from the sun, which was gone, though leaving burning embers behind. One glowing shaft, piercing straight through the heavy forest that clothed either bank, fell directly upon the figure in the boat, as a hidden light illuminates a great picture, while the rest is left in shadow. It was no common forest runner who sat in the middle of the red beam. Yet a boy, in nothing but years, he swung the great paddle with an ease and vigor that the strongest man in the West might have envied. His rifle, with the stock carved beautifully, and the long, slender blue barrel of the border, lay by his side. He could bring the paddle into the boat, grasp the rifle, and carry it to his shoulder with a single, continuous movement.

“The Guns of Bull Run” is the first in a series of eight books chronicling the Civil War. The Guns of Bull Run follows the adventures of Harry Kenton, a Southern sympathizer from Kentucky, who travels to South Carolina to volunteer his services to the new Confederacy. He soon finds himself swept up into greater events, being present at the inauguration of Jefferson Davis, the firing on Fort Sumter, and on to the battle of Bull Run. Written in 1913, this gripping story will transport readers back to a different place and time. Joseph Altsheler does a good job of presenting the Southern side in a realistic, non-preachy manner. Highly recommended to anyone interested in the Civil War.

Paul stopped in a little open space, and looked around all the circle of the forest. Everywhere it was the same—just the curving wall of red and brown, and beyond, the blue sky, flecked with tiny clouds of white. The wilderness was full of beauty, charged with the glory of peace and silence, and there was naught to indicate that man had ever come. The leaves rippled a little in the gentle west wind, and the crisping grass bowed before it; but Paul saw no living being, save himself, in the vast, empty world. The boy was troubled and, despite his life in the woods, he had full right to be. This was the great haunted forest of Kain-tuck-ee, where the red man made his most desperate stand, and none ever knew when or whence danger would come. Moreover, he was lost, and the forest told him nothing; he was not like his friend, Henry Ware, born to the forest, the heir to all the primeval instincts, alive to every sight and sound, and able to read the slightest warning the wilderness might give. Paul Cotter was a student, a lover of books, and a coming statesman. Fate, it seemed, had chosen that he and Henry Ware should go hand in hand, but for different tasks.

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The Quest of the Four: A Story of the Comanches and Buena Vista by Joseph A. Altsheler, author of “The Last of the Chiefs,” “The Young Trailers,” etc.COPYRIGHT, 1911 CONTENTSChapter 1. The Meeting of the FourChapter 2. The March of the TrainChapter 3. At the FordChapter 4. On WatchChapter 5. The Comanche VillageChapter 6. The Medicine LodgeChapter 7. The Great SleepChapter 8. New EnemiesChapter 9. The Fiery CircleChapter 10. Phil’s LetterChapter 11. With the ArmyChapter 12. The Pass of AngosturaChapter 13. A Wind of the DesertChapter 14. Buena VistaChapter 15. The Woman at the WellChapter 16. The Castle of MontevideoChapter 17. The Thread, the Key, and the DaggerChapter 18. The Hut in the CoveChapter 19. Arenberg’s QuestChapter 20. The Silver CupChapter 21. The Note of a MelodyChapter 22. Breakstone’s Quest

The Quest of the Four: A Story of the Comanches and Buena Vista by Joseph A. Altsheler, author of “The Last of the Chiefs,” “The Young Trailers,” etc.COPYRIGHT, 1911 CONTENTSChapter 1. The Meeting of the FourChapter 2. The March of the TrainChapter 3. At the FordChapter 4. On WatchChapter 5. The Comanche VillageChapter 6. The Medicine LodgeChapter 7. The Great SleepChapter 8. New EnemiesChapter 9. The Fiery CircleChapter 10. Phil’s LetterChapter 11. With the ArmyChapter 12. The Pass of AngosturaChapter 13. A Wind of the DesertChapter 14. Buena VistaChapter 15. The Woman at the WellChapter 16. The Castle of MontevideoChapter 17. The Thread, the Key, and the DaggerChapter 18. The Hut in the CoveChapter 19. Arenberg’s QuestChapter 20. The Silver CupChapter 21. The Note of a MelodyChapter 22. Breakstone’s Quest

The Quest of the Four: A Story of the Comanches and Buena Vista by Joseph A. Altsheler, author of “The Last of the Chiefs,” “The Young Trailers,” etc.COPYRIGHT, 1911 CONTENTSChapter 1. The Meeting of the FourChapter 2. The March of the TrainChapter 3. At the FordChapter 4. On WatchChapter 5. The Comanche VillageChapter 6. The Medicine LodgeChapter 7. The Great SleepChapter 8. New EnemiesChapter 9. The Fiery CircleChapter 10. Phil’s LetterChapter 11. With the ArmyChapter 12. The Pass of AngosturaChapter 13. A Wind of the DesertChapter 14. Buena VistaChapter 15. The Woman at the WellChapter 16. The Castle of MontevideoChapter 17. The Thread, the Key, and the DaggerChapter 18. The Hut in the CoveChapter 19. Arenberg’s QuestChapter 20. The Silver CupChapter 21. The Note of a MelodyChapter 22. Breakstone’s Quest