Books published by publisher Pathfinder Books

J. Wilkes Booth: An Account of His Sojourn..., first published in 1893, is the straight-forward account of the doomed escape of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln. The book was written by by Thomas Jones, a Confederate agent who helped Booth evade the authorities for five days by hiding the assassin near his house in Maryland. Illustrated with 18 pen and ink illustrations.

Spice and the Devil's Cave, first published in 1930 and winner of the Newbery Honor Award, is a fictionalized version of the year leading up to Vasco da Gama's 1497 voyage to India, seen through the eyes of the young Ferdinand Magellan and a banker and navigator named Abel Zakuto. The 'Devil's Cave' refers to the hazardous southern tip of Africa that the explorers must pass. Illustrated with 28 woodcuts by noted artist Lynd Ward.

Forever the Wild Mare, first published in 1963, is a classic coming-of-age story of a young boy and his love for a Mongolian wild horse. Author Ann Cottrell Free (1916-2004) successfully weaves the boy's story (set in the National Zoo and in cosmopolitan Washington, D.C.) to better understand the wild horse with calls for the preservation of nature, more natural zoos and the protection of endangered species, to the basics of Buddhism and senate committee hearings on adolescent gangs.

** HE WAS JUST SPINNING AND SPINNING AND SPINNING! He thought his head would explode! The pain was almost unbearable! He had a sensation that he was traveling, moving. . . going somewhere! *********WHEN NO ONE ELSE would take the job, Doctor Simon English, (a Black historian and noted scholar) agrees to take part in an unusual and DANGEROUS experiment: to go back into April 1865 to prevent the assassination of president Abraham Lincoln! A stylized version of the 19th century classic.