Jim Locke
The House of Evil
Intrigue and murder stemming from excessive greed in upper-class society of England in the early twentieth century.
The Chronicles of America Volume 15 - Jefferson and his Colleagues
In this volume, we have the Virginia Dynasty of presidents: Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe. America at this time was involved in expansion w…
The Chronicles of America Volume 11 - Eve of the Revolution
Here is a look at the evolution of thought and events that led Benjamin Franklin to make this statement: "British subjects, by removing…
Benjamin Franklin: Self-Revealed, Volume 2
His life was like a full five-act play—prophetic prologue and stately epilogue, and swelling scene imposed upon swelling scene, until the ta…
The Uncalled
Orphaned Freddie Brent ends up adopted by an old local Christian lady who knows nothing about raising a child. And matters are worsened by h…
The Life of Washington, Volume 3
Volume 3 of The Life continues the Revolutionary War from the incursion into Jersey in 1778 to its conclusion with the surrender of Lord Cor…
The Chronicles of America Volume 02 - The Spanish Conquerors
A discussion of the adventures of the Spanish explorers from Columbus to Pizarro. - Summary by Jim LockeGroup: Chronicles of America Series
Epochs of American History: Expansion and Reform 1889-1926
This fourth volume covers the presidencies from Harrison to Taft highlighting the various struggles to define the aims of a modern democrati…
Finding a Way Out: An Autobiography
He says about this work: "I have tried to record the events that have given character and colour to my own life, and at the same time t…
The Chronicles of America Volume 01 - The Red Man's Continent
Characteristics of the peoples and environment of the earliest stages of America. - Summary by Jim LockeGroup: Chronicles of America Series
Ireland Under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Volume 1
This first volume of a history of Ireland focuses on the years 1603-1642. It was a period of dramatic, and even of violent, changes in the s…
The Primitive
A nerve-twisting novel of passion and destruction (Summary by a literary critic)
The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories
These stories focus on the Creole society of New Orleans and in the process reveals issues facing black Americans at the end of the nineteen…
The Dunbar Speaker and Entertainer
Ms. Pinckney says in her "Forward" to this book the following: "It is against this background of the world need that Mrs. Ali…
The Chronicles of America Volume 04 - Crusaders of New France
The previous volumes in the Chronicles of America series placed Spain and England at the fore in the discovery and development of the New Wo…
Scarlet Sister Mary
How did 1929 Pulitzer winner and white plantation mistress Julia Peterkin become a favorite of the Harlem Renaissance? According to W.E.B. D…
The Sikh Religion: Its Gurus, Sacred Writings and Authors, Volume 5
This is one of the first (and still one of the few) comprehensive books about the Sikh religion in the English language. MacAuliffe had exte…
The Mob Violence and the American Negro: My Experience in the Sunny South
According to the author of the Preface, "Mr. Lester is also zealous to bring about a better relation and a better understanding between…
The Chronicles of America Volume 05 - Pioneers of the Old South
In this remarkably detailed and sweeping fifth installment, Mary Johnston takes us from discoveries and settlements to the evolution into th…
Discoveries: Essays in Literary Criticism
Introductory Note: I have called these essays and lectures by a title that some people may think presumptuous: first, because it is the titl…