- Joseph Alexander Altsheler
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birthplace = Three Springs,Kentucky
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occupation = Novelist
nationality = American
period = 1907-1919
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website =Joseph Alexander Altsheler (
April 29 ,1862 -June 5 ,1919 ), was an American author of popular juvenilehistorical fiction .Biography
Altsheler was born in Three Springs,
Kentucky to Joseph and Louise Altsheler. In 1885, he took a job at theLouisville Courier-Journal as a reporter and later, an editor. He started working for the "New York World " in 1892, first as the paper's Hawaiian correspondent and then as the editor of the "World"'s tri-weekly magazine. Due to a lack of suitable stories, he began writing children's stories for the magazine.Altsheler married Sarah Boles on
May 30 ,1888 , and had one son. He and his family were inGermany whenWorld War I began. The difficult journey home took a huge toll on Altsheler's health and he was never the same. He died in New York City in 1919.Bibliography
The Young Trailers Series
*"The Young Trailers", a story of early Kentucky (1907)
*"The Forest Runners", a story of the great war trail in early Kentucky (1908)
*"The Keepers of the Trail", a story of the great woods (1916)
*"The Eyes of the Woods", a story of the ancient wilderness (1917)
*"The Free Rangers", a story of the early days along the Mississippi (1909)
*"The Riflemen of the Ohio", a story of early days along "the beautiful river" (1910)
*"The Scouts of the Valley", a story of Wyoming and the Chemung (1911)
*"The Border Watch", a story of the great chief’s last stand (1912)
*"The Book of man Kind" (2007)The French and Indian War Series
*"The Lords of the Wild", a story of the old New York border (1919)
*"The Hunters of the Hills", a story of the French and Indian War (1916)
*"The Shadow of the North", a story of old New York and a lost campaign (1917)
*"The Sun of Quebec", a story of a great crisis (1919)
*"The Rulers of the Lakes", a story of George and Champlain (1917)
*"The Masters of the Peaks", a story of the great north woods (1918)The Civil War Series
*"The Guns of Bull Run", a story of the Civil War’s eve (1914)
*"The Guns of Shiloh", a story of the great western campaign (1914)
*"The Scouts of Stonewall", the story of the great valley campaign (1914)
*"The Sword of Antietam", a story of the nation’s crisis (1914)
*"The Star of Gettysburg", a story of southern high tide (1915)
*"The Rock of Chickamauga", a story of the western crisis (1915)
*"The Shades of the Wilderness", a story of Lee’s great stand (1916)
*"The Tree of Appomattox", a story of the Civil War's close (1916)The Texan Series
*"The Texan Star", the story of a great fight for liberty (1912)
*"The Texan Scouts", the story of the Alamo and Goliad (1913)
*"The Texan Triumph", a romance of the San Jacinto campaign (1913)The Great West Series
*"The Great Sioux Trail", a story of mountain and plain (1918)
*"The Lost Hunters", a story of wild man and great beasts (1918)The World War I Series
*"The Guns of Europe" (1915)
*"The Hosts of the Air", the story of a quest in the Great War (1915)
*"The Forest of Swords", a story of Paris and the Marne (1915)Other books
*"The Hidden Mine" (1896)
*"A Knight of Philadelphia" (1897)
*"A Solder of Manhattan", and his adventures at Ticonderoga] and Quebec (1897)
*"The Sun of Saratoga", a romance of Burgoyne's surrender (1897)
*"A Herald of the West", an American story of 1811-1815 (1898)
*"Kentucky Frontiersman", the adventures of Henry Ware, hunter and border fighter (1898)
*"The Rainbow of Gold" (1898)
*"In Circling Camps", a romance of the Civil War (1900)
*"In Hostile Red", a romance of the Monmouth campaign (1900)
*"The Last Rebel" (1900)
*"The Wilderness Road"; a romance of St. Clair’s defeat and Wayne’s victory (1901)
*"My Captive", a novel (1902)
*"Before the Dawn", a story of the fall of Richmond (1903)
*"Guthrie of the Times", a story of success (1904)
*"The Candidate", a political romance (1905)
*"The Recovery", a story of Kentucky (1908)
*"The Last of the Chiefs", a story of the great Sioux war (1909)
*"The Horsemen of the Plains", a story of the great Cheyenne war (1910)
*"The Quest of the Four", story of the Comanches and Buena Vista (1911)
*"Apache Gold", a story of the strange Southwest (1913)
*"At the Twelfth Hour: Selected Short Stories of Josef A. Altsheler", includes an Introduction by Robert M. McIlvaine, 9 short stories (5 civil war stories and 4 adventure stories), and an autobiographical essay entitled "What the Home-comers Saw" (1895-1919)External links
*gutenberg author | id=Joseph_A._Altsheler | name=Joseph A. Altsheler
*Handbook of Texas|id=AA/fal51|name=Joseph Altsheler
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