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Claw of Gold    by Gilbert van Kerckhoven
You set the price! 82260 words. Published on December 18, 2009. .

Found after being buried for a hundred years is a deed box containing dramatic first hand Zulu and settler interviews given to an investigative journalist. He witnesses a murder and flees to a hideaway where he links their statements into a story that splutters and sparks like a fuse leading to an explosive climax. Believing his executioners are close, he buries it. Historic facts add credibility.
Blue-eyed in Luhya-land    by Gunilla Fagerholm
Price: $2.99 USD. 121870 words. Published on January 27, 2010. .

A Swedish couple leaves a comfortable life in search of a better one. They pack their belongings in a shipping container and leave Sweden behind. They go to Africa to live without modern conveniences in a clay hut on a maize field. But life turns out difficult; corruption, tribal traditions and witchcraft hinder the blue-eyed couple in their efforts to help the suffering villagers.Photos included.
Three Bells & Newtonia    by Richard Puz
Price: $1.29 USD. 6270 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Two short stories are presented about American frontier life in the 1800s. Three Bells- -Settlers on remote Indiana farms prepare for attacks from Chief Blackhawk's warriors. What happens one fateful night changes everyone forever. Newtonia--Compassion is found by settlers on the frontier, caught between warring armies as the Civil War rages in southwest Missouri.
Abraham    by Richard Puz
Price: $1.29 USD. 5930 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Young raw-recruit Abraham is exposed to the terror of war during the Battle for New Orleans. A frontiersman provides the wisdom to help him survive and become a man.
Arkansas Storm and Captain Jonathan Buzzard    by Richard Puz
Price: $1.29 USD. 4880 words. Published on October 7, 2011. .

Contains two short stories from the American frontier of the 1800s . . . Arkansas Storm is the tale about pioneers traveling the big rivers of America on flatboats, when they run into a storm that threatens their lives and the loss of all they own. Captain Jonathan Buzzard is an action-packed tale. Brazen and courageous, he takes on outlaws threatening a pioneer's family on a remote Ohio farm.
American Falls    by Wilson Zaring
Price: $2.99 USD. 14780 words. Published on September 3, 2012. .

At the age of 16, Christian Miller leaves home to escape his past and finds adventure, enlightenment, disillusion and a new friendship that leads to revelation.
Godfrey: Book Two    by Adrien Leduc
Price: $1.99 USD. 16260 words. Published on September 17, 2012. .

In this second book of the Godfrey series, twenty-one year old Godfrey Leduc must endure the many trials and tribulations of starting life in a new land. Learning English. Getting to know the members of the community. Surviving the harsh winters. A poignant and heartfelt, semi-biographical work, Godfrey: Book Two allows readers to experience early Canadian farm life first hand.
The Engelking Letters    by Flora von Roeder
Price: $3.50 USD. 41830 words. Published by The Hugh & Helene Schonfield World Service Trust  on January 26, 2013. .

'The Engelking Letters' is a collection of letters written by or pertaining to Ferdinand Friedrich Engelking 1810-1885.