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C. Hollis Crossman, who was raised by wolves, wrote a staggering amount for the website during his first stint at Exodus Books, writing most of the curriculum overviews and category intro essays, along with reviewing 700+ unique titles. Below you'll find links to his book reviews; this link will take you to an incomplete list of the category descriptions.

As our used book buyer and product reviewer for eight years, Caleb did much to shape the character of the store. He left Exodus in December 2014 for contract work on behalf of the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, where he researched and wrote about open source software. He also pursued graduate studies in theology.

In March 2017, an array of unforeseen circumstances brought C. Hollis back to Exodus Books as we prepared for an intended move, then shifted towards a close later that year; although we reopened, he had moved on. Again in August 2021, he came back for a short stint, before moving his family out of our crazy state. He remains dearly missed in our day-to-day work; however, we keep in contact and plan to continue having him write reviews and essays for us on an occasional basis.

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19th Century Literature

	Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $8.00
	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass Penguin Classics by Lewis Carroll from Penguin Classics Fantasy for 5th-8th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00
	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy, translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky First Printing from Penguin Putnam for 11th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $20.00
	Barnaby Rudge Everyman's Library by Charles Dickens from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $25.00
	Brothers Karamazov Signet Classics by Fyodor Dostoyevsky, translated by Constance Garnett, edited with an introduction by Manual Komroff from Signet Classics Russian Epic Novel for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.95
	Christmas Carol Dover Thrift Editions by Charles Dickens from Dover Publications for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $3.00
	Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand from Bantam Books Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.50 (2 in stock)
	Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, translated by Brian Hooker 1963 Reprint from Heinemann Educational Books Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.50 (1 in stock)
	David Copperfield Everyman's Library by Charles Dickens from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $30.00
	Deerslayer The First War Path Leatherstocking Tales #1 by James Fenimore Cooper from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.00
	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Everyman's Library by Robert Louis Stevenson from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $24.00
	Dracula Everyman's Library by Bram Stoker from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Frankenstein Dover Thrift Editions by Mary Shelley from Dover Publications for 7th-10th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00
	Hard Times by Charles Dickens from Everyman's Library Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Ideal Husband Dover Thrift Editions by Oscar Wilde from Dover Publications Drama for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $2.50
	Invisible Man by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Island of Dr. Moreau Signet Classics by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Speculative Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Ivanhoe Signet Classics by Sir Walter Scott from Signet Classics Historical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Jungle Books Signet Classics by Rudyard Kipling from Signet Classics Animal Stories for 4th-8th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson from Living Book Press Historical Romance for 9th-Adult in Action & Adventure Stories (Location: FIC-ADV) $11.99
	King Solomon's Mines, Allan Quatermain and She Three Adventure Novels by H. Rider Haggard from Dover Publications Action/Adventure for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.95
	Last of the Mohicans A Narrative of 1757 Leatherstocking Tales #2 by James Fenimore Cooper Reprint from Penguin Classics for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $13.00
	Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman from SeaWolf Press for 11th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	Lilith by George MacDonald from Eerdmans for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.99
	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens from Everyman's Library for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Lorna Doone A Romance of Exmoor by R. D. Blackmore from Oxford University Realistic Romantic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $13.95
	Major Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins by Gerard Manley Hopkins from Oxford University for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $15.95
	Major Works of William Wordsworth by William Wordsworth from Oxford University for 9th-Adult in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN) $18.95
	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen New Ed from Wordsworth Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Master of Ballantrae Penguin Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Master of Ballantrae Penguin Classics by Robert Louis Stevenson from SeaWolf Press Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	Moby-Dick Everyman's Library by Herman Melville from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Realistic Nautical Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $35.00
	Nicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens from Penguin Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $10.00
	Old Curiosity Shop Everyman's Library by Charles Dickens from Everyman's Library Realistic Fiction for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $25.00
	Oliver Twist Everyman's Library by Charles Dickens from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Historical Fiction for 10th-12th grade in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $28.00
	Our Mutual Friend Everyman's Library by Charles Dickens from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Phantastes by George MacDonald from Eerdmans for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $16.99
	Pickwick Papers Penguin Classics by Charles Dickens from Everyman's Library Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $26.00
	Pickwick Papers Penguin Classics by Charles Dickens from Heritage Press Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19)
	Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms from Bookspan for 8th-12th grade in Pirates (Location: HISV-PIRATE)
	Pride and Prejudice Everyman's Library by Jane Austen from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Romantic Realistic Fiction for 8th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $26.00
	Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge from SeaWolf Press for 10th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $6.99
	Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, illustrated by Edward A. Wilson from Heritage Press for 10th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW)
	Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience by William Blake from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in Poetry (Location: POET-GEN) $3.00
	Tale of Two Cities Signet Classics by Charles Dickens from Signet Classics Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	Tale of Two Cities Everyman's Library by Charles Dickens from Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Victorian Novel for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $25.00
	The Idiot Signet Classics by Fyodor Dostoyevsky from Signet Classics Realistic Russian Novel for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.95
	Time Machine by H. G. Wells from Penguin Classics for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00 $6.00 (1 in stock)
	Time Machine by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction/Dystopian Literature for 7th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95
	Treasure Island by Sir Robert Louis Stevenson from Bantam Books for 6th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.95
	Turn of the Screw by Henry James from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $4.00 $2.00 (1 in stock)
	Twilight of the Idols & The Antichrist by Friedrich Nietzsche from Dover Publications for 11th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $7.95
	Typee A Peep at Polynesian Life from Modern Library for 9th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $12.95
	Walden Or, Life in the Woods Dover Thrift Editions by Henry David Thoreau from Dover Publications for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $6.00
	War & Peace by Leo Tolstoy from Vintage Classics Realistic Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $22.00
	War of the Worlds Signet Classics by H. G. Wells from Signet Classics Science Fiction for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $5.95 $3.50 (1 in stock)
	White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Illustrated by N. C. Wyeth 100th Anniversary from SeaWolf Press Historical Fiction for 8th-Adult in Seawolf Illustrated Classics (Location: FIC-SW) $12.95
	Woman in White Dover Giant Thrift Editions by Wilkie Collins from Penguin Classics Mystery for 10th-Adult in 19th Century Literature (Location: LIT6-19) $11.00

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