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Biography of the last of the Alaska bush pilots to be the subject of a biography.

Saddle Up for a Wild Ride with Billy Bob, Texas's Own Angel of Death! Forget everything you think you know about the Grim Reaper. In the heart of Texas, there's an Angel of Death with a Stetson and a heart of gold (mostly). Meet William Robert Travis , better known to his friends as Billy Bob . He's been riding the dusty trails of Texas history for centuries, guiding souls to meet the Maker in the hereafter. Billy Bob's got a knack for bending the cosmic guidelines when he believes it's the right thing to do.

Roy Glenister and Dextry are gold miners who strike it rich in Nome, Alaska until their claim is “jumped", seemingly by legal means and by powerful politicians, crooked lawyers, and a judge. The political establishment seems too powerful to fight. How can they get their claim (and money) back from a mafia-like organization in frontier Alaska? Roy is an honest man driven by frustration, despair, and disappointment, and loves to do things he never thought he would. How can he fight an organization that has the law in its pocket? There is “law” and then there is “frontier law.”

Many of O. Henry’s stories describe cultural issues of the day, and many incorporate themes relevant to our modern times. This anthology was specially selected for this purpose. It includes the story performances and introduces the telling of each story by describing its relevance and explaining some of the references that might not be familiar to modern-day audiences.

Hard Living, Easy Dying finds Ezekial McNair, wise beyond his years, being promoted into the Confederate cavalry. He wrestles with an incompetent superior while training a company in the strategies of cavalry fighting and Yankee supply capture to keep his troops healthy and functioning. His adventures are told with humor and detail about the everyday life of a cavalry soldier in the Civil War.

Lord Harrowby came to Lloyds of London with a most unusual request. He wanted to ensure that nothing would prevent his imminent wedding and expected a big policy payout if things didn’t work out. It was insurance man Dick Minot’s responsibility to make sure everything worked smoothly. Trouble is, Dick Minot fell in love with the bride! What to do?

Walking to Hell is the story of Ezekial McNair, a description of his Tom Sawyer-like upbringing and his life in the Confederate infantry, fighting in a war he didn’t understand, for a cause he didn’t know, but confident it was his path to heroism and glory. He did become a hero, but only by accident, in a battle that would haunt him his entire life.

For readers of Larry McMurtry’s Lonesome Dove, Elizabeth Gilbert’s The Signature of All Things, and Hope Jahren’s Lab Girl, Diane Smith’s warmhearted and award-winning epistolary novel about a spunky young woman who joins a makeshift field study in Yellowstone National Park at the end...

I have always been here, and I will always be. I have complete dominion. I control what you see, what you feel, and how you think. I will bend reality to whatever I wish. I will show you your worst fears and make you indulge in your darkest desires.