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Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander), 1862-1919

"The Free Rangers A Story of the Early Days Along the Mississippi"

ON THE GREAT RIVER 74
VI. BATTLE AND STORM 96
VII. THE LONE VOYAGER 115
VIII. THE CHATEAU OF BEAULIEU 133
IX. PAUL AND THE SPANIARD 153
X. A BARBARIC ORDEAL 171
XI. THE SPANIARD'S OFFER 181
XII. THE SHADOW IN THE FOREST 196
XIII. THE WHITE STALLION 214
XIV. NEW ORLEANS 230
XV. BEFORE BERNARDO GALVEZ 251
XVI. IN PRISON 271
XVII. THE FLAW IN THE ARMOR 285
XVIII. NORTHWARD WITH THE FLEET 302
XIX. THE BATTLE OF THE BANK 322
XX. THE BATTLE OF THE BAYOU 334
XXI. THE DEFENSE OF THE FIVE 349
XXII. THE CHOSEN TASK 361


THE FREE RANGERS


CHAPTER I
THE CALL

The wilderness rolled away to north and to south, and also it rolled away
to east and to west, an unbroken sweep of dark, glossy green. Straight up
stood the mighty trunks, but the leaves rippled and sang low when a gentle
south wind breathed upon them. It was the forest as God made it, the
magnificent valley of North America, upon whose edges the white man had
just begun to nibble.


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