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Like many of Gustave Aimard's action-packed yarns, The Prairie Flower is a study in cultural tension. Young French aristocrat Count Charles Edward de Beaulieu has banished himself from his native Europe, but his self-imposed exile in America is faring poorly, as he feels misunderstood and hopelessly out of place. Soon enough, a crisis breaks the Count out of his doldrums, and he acquits himself admirably when the chips are down.
Following in the tradition of his well-received series of action-adventure tales set in the wilds of western North America, Gustave Aimard offers up The Red Track, a prequel of sorts, which fills readers in on some of the background and context that served as plot points in such novels as The Gold Seekers and The Tiger Slayer. In this exciting volume, an improbable pair of desert travelers meet up and decide to take a dangerous
...Set against the backdrop of the Mexican-American War, Gustave Aimard's thrilling adventure tale The White Scalper is yet another of the author's novels whose central protagonist is something of a cultural misfit, an outsider who has spurned social niceties in favor of what he views as a higher moral calling. Packed with action that transpires on the battlefield and off, this novel will please fans of classic Western yarns.
Born under harsh circumstances, author Gustave Aimard began his lifelong travels at the tender age of nine, when he first set sail on a fishing rig. Eventually, Aimard found himself in Mexico, where his experiences with indigenous peoples sparked his imagination. The classic western The Pirates of the Prairies is one of over seventy novels and stories that Aimard would pen over the course of his literary career.
Part of Gustave Aimard's bestselling action-adventure series set amidst the rough-and-tumble deserts, towns, canyons and forests of the Old West, The Adventurers will stoke the imagination of every reader, whether you're in it for the pulse-pounding chases and last-minute escapes or the inspiring story of true love that sets the plot into motion.
French-born author Gustave Aimard had an abiding love for America's rough frontiers, and his extensive travels in those regions figure heavily in the many action-adventure novels he penned. The Trappers of Arkansas is an account of a band of self-reliant hunters and trappers who made their way from Mexico to the American South to survive off the fat of the land.
Though born in France, writer Gustave Aimard had a frontier spirit, and his travels in northern Mexico proved to be a life-changing experience. In The Trapper's Daughter, Aimard combines all of the elements of a classic western novel—adventure, romance, ruminations on the desert landscape, and pulse-pounding encounters with enemies—in a seamless package that will thrill fans of the genre.
Picking up right where the preceding volume, The Adventurers, left off, Gustave Aimard's The Pearl of the Andes plunges readers into the midst of the action from the very first page. Set in the stark highlands of coastal South America, this is a classic adventure epic you won't be able to put down.
In the nineteenth century, the border region between Texas and Mexico was a dangerous region populated by warring tribes, lawless cowboys, and profit-crazed government agents. In The Trail-Hunter, author Gustave Aimard serves up a classic action-adventure tale that throws into sharp relief the tumultuousness of that unique time and place.
Though he was born and died in France, action-adventure writer Gustave Aimard was endlessly enamored with the Americas, and he journeyed extensively in the United States, Mexico, and South America over the course of his life. In The Gold-Seekers, Aimard draws on his own time as a miner in nineteenth-century California and Mexico to spin a pulse-pounding tale of luck, hard work, and tragedy that is rich with fascinating historical details
...The concluding volume of Gustave Aimard's series of epic action-adventure tales set in the wilds of Mexico, The Indian Chief presents the soul-stirring denouement of the story of the intrepid Count de Raousset-Boulbon, who ultimately falls victim to a stunning betrayal.
French-born author Gustave Aimard spent a fair amount of time exploring the canyons and prairies of North America, and the experience profoundly impacted his later career as a novelist. The Indian Scout is a classic action-adventure tale that draws heavily on Aimard's own experiences in the region, and though the biased view of nineteenth-century Europeans toward indigenous people is still in evidence, Aimard takes a more open-minded approach
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