During the 1840s and 1850s, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri against the free states of New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. Aspects of this struggle--the underground railroad, enforcement of the fugitive slave laws, mob actions, and sectional politics--are well known as parts of other stories. Here, Stanley Harrold explores the border...

Diaz presents a library of bright and cheery cross stitch designs. The patterns are simple, quick to stitch, and easy to use in multiple ways. Some are based on ancient decorations, others on folk art motifs, and others are modern variations. Combine your favorites and create your own project!

"The Headless Ranger: that was the finish the outlaws planned for Slade -- blow his head off with a fiendishly clever booby trap. Then they could go back to their profitable campaign of terror, murder and theft, bleeding the border country dry. But Slade dodged the trap -- and the bandits started dropping under the blazing guns as the hard-eyed Ranger shot his way closer and closer to the hidden mastermind -- and to the final deadly shootout in a...

"When a trio of bandits discovers a young woman whose father was murdered by a ruthless gang, the outlaws go from being partners in crime to comrades in chivalry".