Includes two short stories by G. A. Henty
Set in the American West in the late 1700's, Frontier Girl is the story about a remarkable fifteen-year-old girl who decides to risk her life and the things she holds dear to save the lives of her parents. With an ingenious strategy Mary Mitford must outwit, outrun, and out last dangerous and cunning Indians to warn her family of an intended attack.
Set in Victorian England in the 1890's, Surly Joe is the story of a crusty old sea captain called Surly Joe. He was placed in a perilous situation in which he must choose between saving the lives of his two sons or a young girl placed in his charge. The result and pain of that decision follows his very life for years until two small girls come into his life.
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