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Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) is a world-renowned novelist and short-story writer noted primarily for his stories of the Western frontier. L'Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota, and led an active, world-roaming life as, among other things, a seaman, longshoreman, rancher, miner, lumberjack, and boxer before focusing on writing after World War II. L'Amour was awarded both the Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Freedom and is one of America's best-selling fiction authors.

Louis L'Amour (1908-1988) is a world-renowned novelist and short story writer noted primarily for his stories of the Western frontier. L'Amour was born in Jamestown, North Dakota and led an active, world-roaming life as, among other things, a seaman, longshoreman, rancher, miner, lumberjack and boxer before focusing on writing after World War II.

McCormick (1809-1884) demonstrated a workable reaper in 1831 and spent the rest of his life improving the reaper, and expanding the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company with sales across the United States and around the world. McCormick's reapers had profound effects on the alleviation of U.S. and world hunger.

Jefferson (1743-1826) was the principal author of the Declaration, which asserts that all men are endowed by their Creator with unalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that the only proper purpose of government is to secure these rights.

"The Law", Bastiat's most famous work, argues that the purpose of the law is the protection of individual rights, and that when governments adopt policies favoring particular industries or groups, the law becomes an instrument of injustice and oppression.

Jim Morton joins a posse that is hunting his friend Nat Bodine who is accused of robbing a stage and shooting the sheriff.

John D. Rockefeller (1839-1937) founded the Standard Oil Company, revolutionized the oil business and, after adjusting for inflation, may have been the richest person in world history.

While Ranger Chick Bowdrie is at a town dance, $12,000 is stolen from the stage station and the owner of the money is killed.

Ranger Chick Bowdrie trails a killer and bank robber to a lawless New Mexico town where Bowdrie takes the job of marshal to aid his investigation.

Franklin (1706-1790) grew rich publishing Poor Richard's Almanack, under the pseudonym Richard Saunders, from 1732 to 1758. Besides calendar and weather information, Franklin's almanacs had many sayings, proverbs, and aphorisms. A selection of these sayings was added to the 1757 almanac as "The Way to Wealth", a speech by an old man to buyers at an auction.

Allen Ring wins a cabin in a poker game but a tally book he finds on the property threatens to ignite a range war.

Madison (1751-1836) was the principal author of the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, the first 10 amendments to the Constitution. The Constitution established the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government, and limited federal legislative powers to those enumerated in Article I, Section 8.

Wetherton discovers a rich vein of gold ore, but every rock he removes increases the chance that the unstable tower of rock will collapse on him.

Shad Marone is hunted across the desert by a posse and vengeful sheriff who falsely accuse him of murder and intend to kill him without a trial.

Dusty Barron discovers a teenage girl and a boy traveling in the desert in a covered wagon whose father has died.

Chick Bowdrie, Texas ranger, on the trail of a counterfeiter, investigates a case involving bank robbery and two murders.

Texas ranger Chick Bowdrie is sent to Kimble, Texas to investigate a bank robbery in which the banker was tortured and killed, and in which the thieves vanished without leaving tracks.

Jeff Kurland risks his life over a treacherous, icy trail to save a disabled outlaw from freezing to death in a mountain cave.

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store.

Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832-1899) wrote over 100 ‘rags-to-riches’ novels, often about teenage boys forced by circumstances to earn their own living selling newspapers, blacking boots, carrying luggage, or tending store. Alger’s heroes are honest, temperate, generous, and brave, good in a fight and ready to protect a weaker boy from a bully. Alger stresses work, study, and thrift as ways to escape poverty. Alger’s villains, on the other hand, are usually dishonest, sometimes alcoholic or brutal.