The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 5
As the shadows crept slowly up the mountain, a slight breeze rocked the tops of the pine trees and moaned through their long and...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 4
A horseman slowly ascended the trail. In the fresh, open face of the newcomer Mr. Oakhurst recognized Tom Simson, otherwise known as ‘”The. Innocent,”...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 3
The road to Sandy Bar a camp that, not having as yet experienced the regenerating influences of Poker Flat, consequently seemed to offer some...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 2
Mr. Oakhurst was right in supposing that he was included in this category. A few of the committee had urged hanging him as a...
The Outcasts of Poker Flat Part 1
Bret Harte (1839-1902)
Francis Bret Harte was born at Albany in 1839, and after receiving an ordinary school education, went to California, in 1854. He...
The Coming of Gandin part 3
Therewith he harped so sweetly that the notes crept into Iseult`s heart and bare her thoughts so far hence that she ceased weeping, and...
The Coming of Gandin part 2
Now when he had sung another lay, Gandin arose and stood before the king, holding the lute in his hand. “Sir King,” he said,...
The Coming of Gandin part 1
Gottfried Von Strassburg (Died about 1210)
Gottfried was one of the most famous of that group of Minnesingers which included Hartmann von Aue and Wolfram...
Bulgarians documented idea
This is a wonderfully documented idea of the Bulgarians themselves of their ships, in which they sailed and traded across seas and rivers.
The reconstruction...
Holy Roman Empire
The territory from the Black Sea to the Adriatic Sea and from the Wallachian Lowland to the Aegean Sea has an area of about...
