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Three Random Teasers
Ready to plan your summer travel, or reading? Perhaps consider touring an historic Civil War Battleground, or maybe a visit to the Missouri or Mississippi rivers? Or maybe the trails of the Northeast beckon? Here are three stories whose authors know these sites well. Track them back to an anthology already for sale, or build one for yourself. (A couple of these authors may be a surprise to you.)
 This "Contraband" of the Civil War...the liberty now his...robbed of half its sweetness by the knowledge that someone near and dear to him still languished in the hell from which he had escaped, would serve as my orderly in the ward...
 I followed an ostensibly 'lame' turkey over a considerable part of the United States one morning, because I believed in her and could not think she would deceive a mere boy, (one who was trusting her and considering her honest.)
 The frank-hearted stranger had just drawn his chair to the fire when something like a heavy footstep was heard without, rushing down the steep side of the mountain, as with long and rapid strides, and taking such a leap in passing the cottage as to strike the opposite precipice. The family held their breath, because they knew the sound, and their guest held his by instinct.
 'The old mountain has thrown a stone at us, for fear we should forget him,’ said the landlord, recovering himself. ‘He sometimes nods his head and threatens to come down; but we are old neighbors, and agree together pretty well upon the whole. Besides we have a sure place of refuge hard by if he should be coming in good earnest.'
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I got to talking with a 'buckskinner' in the Buckskin Games area. He was a master at hammering hot iron into useful items, like a frontier blacksmith. He was great at throwing the bowie knife and could stick a tomahawk from about 30 feet away. I asked him what he did when he "returned" to our century. He was a throat surgeon!
LOL!!!
Here's another good anthology your brother just might enjoy! Mixes old classics and new as well. http://www.anthologybuilder.com/view_template.php?template_id=775
Thanks! Recently ordered books: Dangerous Visions; They Laughed at Me; Before Kindle; Carmine Tales; Scream in the Forest..
(you can find these at AB by changing search to 'anthology' then type in the title)