OUR BOOKS

1. Kentucky Frontiersmen   Author: Joseph A. Altsheler (1862-1919)   Revised Edition  1988 edited by Nathaniel Kenton, with illustrations by Todd Doney   ISBN:  0-929146-01-8    Hard Cover   General: Kentucky Frontiersmen was originally published in 1906 under the title The Young Trailers, and was the first in an eight-volume series.  Our edition preserved the exciting events of the original, together with additional material about Indian life and the outdoors that the editor believes Altsheler himself would have included had he written today.   Status: Out of print, but copies are available through the Jesse Stuart Foundation, Ashland, KY. 2. The Thong Tree   Author: Richard T. Haynes    Published: 1990   ISBN:  0-929146-02-6   Hard Cover, with illustrations by the author.   General:  A young-adult book about the Cherokee Indian migration westward in the late eighteenth century, with multi-generational links to the present.  The plot centers on a tree that was originally bent by a Cherokee scout to serve as a message signal to later arrivals.   Status:  Out of Print, but Voyageur still has a few copies available.  Copies also available from the author, but Voyageur has no current address    3.  America Fever   Author: Erick H. Youngquist (1894 - 1980).  With photographs.  The author's manuscript was edited by his son.   Published: 1988   ISBN:  0-929146-03-04    Hard Cover   General: Sub-title is A Swede in the West 1914-1925.  The book paints a vivid picture of the American west in the early years of the 20th century, as seen through the eyes of a young Swede who left his homeland to become a cowboy. It traces his further wanderings through the West, his service in France during World War I, and his experiences homesteading in Montana.   Status: Out of Print, but Voyageur has a few copies available.  .   4.  The Joint Venture   Author:  Gilbert D. Visconti (pseudonym)   Published: 2003   ISBN:  0-929146-04-2   General:  A taut suspense novel set in 1980 during Italy's "bullet years" when the country was wracked by international terrorism.  For more information, click here.     5.  A Simpler Time               Subtitle: Stories from a Vanished Era               Author:  Eric V. Youngquist   Published:  November, 2005               ISBN:  0-929146-05-0  ISBN 13: 978-0-929146-05-8               General:  From the author's Introduction: This collection of stories gives the reader one impressionable kid's memories of what life was like in the 1930s and 1940s.  The stories attempt to describe an era in urban America that no longer exists; in many ways they are about as relevant to today's hectic existence as an insect trapped in amber.  We grew up in a simpler, less complicated period, when the milkman came toour house to drop off our daily order; when farmers with horse-drawn carts drove down our street peddling fruis and vegetables, and when kids dashed to the back of the ice man's truck to reach under the canvas trying to find chips of ice while he was making his delivery.   For more information, click A Simpler Time