Historical Novels Best Sellers

In a current literary climate that tends to emphasize the latest works, we are forgetting so many good historical novels were published years ago. They may no longer be prominently displayed in your local bookstore but they’re still definitely worth seeking out and reading.

Here are a few historical novels and articles by Walter Stanley Campbell, that have inspired me over the years. I learned something about writing from these, and I’d bet that you will too.

Walter Stanley Campbell, a novelist and a historian, graduated from the New Institution, Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weather ford. After a long teaching career, he became a professional writer. He also encouraged his students for professional writing. In his total writing career, he published more than two dozens of historical books and novels. His writings are still inspiration for many writers.

This is likely that this is my first post on such topic, so I wish you the best of luck. I’m always on the lookout for additional unique, well done historical fiction and novels, so I look forward to seeing your own published work!

So, what are you waiting for? Amazon has brought collection of Stanley's books and I look forward to you all to have a copy of these books in your room and library. Scroll down to see the collection of Stanley's books and buy from Amazon by clicking the "Buy Now" link. Please note that stocks are limited so hurry.

Short Grass Country

Price

$26.95 [Hardcover format only]

About the book:

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.

This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.

As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Product Description:

Publisher: Palala Press (May 6, 2016)

Language: English

Jim Bridger: Mountain Man

Price

$44.99 [Hardcover format]

$13.49 [Paperback format]

$7.49 [Kindle]

About the book:

Even among the mighty mountain men, Jim Bridger was a towering figure. He was one of the greatest explorers and pathfinders in American history. He couldn't write his name, but at eighteen he had braved the fury of the Missouri, ascending it in a keelboat flotilla commanded by that stalwart Mike Fink. By 1824, when he was only twenty, he had discovered the Great Salt Lake. Later he was to open the Overland Route, which was the path of the Overland Stage, the Pony Express, and the Union Pacific. One of the foremost trappers in the Rocky Mountain Fur Company, he was a legend in his own time as well as ours. He remains one of the most important scouts and guides in the history of the West.

The Christian Science Monitor has called this biography "probably the fairest portrait of Jim Bridger in existence." The New York Times has praise for a "painstaking job of research among the usual Bridger sources and among some others which have been neglected. . . . [The author] has adequately set the scene for his hero's adventures and has honestly appraised the great guide's historical stature."Other Bison Books by Stanley Vestal: Dodge City: Queen of Cow-towns, Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man; The Missouri, The Old Santa Fe Trail, and Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull

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Publisher: Bison Books (March 1, 1970)

Language: English

Sitting Bull, Champion Of The Sioux: A Biography

Price

$28.95 [Hardcover format]

$27.16 [Paperback format]

$8.99 [Kindle]

About the book:

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

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Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (September 10, 2010)

Language: English

Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (Volume 46)

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$21.95 [Paperback format]

$19.95 [Kindle]

About the book:

"If that is Long Hair, I am the one who killed him," White Bull, the young nephew of Sitting Bull, said when Bad Juice pointed out Custer's body immediately after the Battle of the Little Big Horn. Yet it was Sitting Bull who acquired the notoriety and was paraded in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show as "the warrior who killed Custer." But this new edition of Stanley Vestal's classic biography of the famous chief emphasizes that "Sitting Bull's fame does not rest upon the death of Custer’s five troops. Had he been twenty miles away shooting antelope that morning, he would still remain the greatest of the Sioux."

The stirring account of the death throes of a mighty nation and its leader is the story of the "greatest of the Sioux" and his struggle to keep his people free and united. The Sioux were formidable warriors, as attested to by men who fought against them, like General Anson Mills, who said, "They were the best cavalry in the world; their like will never be seen again," but they were up against an overwhelming tide of soldiers, homesteaders, and bureaucrats. Sitting Bull fought long and hard and "He was ... a statesman, one of the most farsighted we have had," but statesmanship could not prevail against such odds.

This powerful biography of Sitting Bull is brought to a new generation of readers in h a new and expanded edition, for much new material had been added to the original edition (published in 1932) that could not be disclosed while the informants were still living. Sitting Bull is a moving account of the epic courage of one man in the face of his inevitable defeat as the last defender of his people's rights.

Product Description:

Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; first paperback printing edition (October 15, 1989)

Language: English

Sitting Bull: Champion of the Sioux (Volume 46)

Price

$36.35 [Paperback]

$17.50 [Hardcover]

$19.95 [Kindle]

About the book:

Here is a story, in thinly disguised fictional form, of Plains Indians, especially a Cheyenne chief, Whirlwind—his manner of life, his beliefs, and particularly, his love of his son. The villain is a Mandan who is given refuge in the Cheyenne camp and then wreaks havoc with the lives of his hosts. He causes a battle with the Sioux, steals the chief’s favorite wife, and slays the chief’s young son. Whirlwind’s revenge for the death of his beloved son provides a dramatic climax.

Happy Hunting Grounds recaptures Cheyenne life on the plains. The battles, celebrations, and lifeways of the Indians—Sioux, Cheyennes, and Mandans—are accurately and graphically portrayed. This volume is illustrated with drawings and paintings by Frederick Weygold, reflecting his own long association with the Plains tribes.

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Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press; Reissue edition (October 22, 2012)

Language: English

Warpath: The True Story of the Fighting Sioux Told in a Biography of Chief White Bull

Price

$10.99 [Paperback]

Used book- $4.71 & New Book- $30.16 [Hardcover]

About the book:

Nephew to Sitting Bull, chief of the Sioux, Pte San Hunka (White Bull) was a famous warrior in his own right. He had been on the warpath against whites and other Indians for more than a decade when he fought the greatest battle of his life.

On the afternoon of June 25, 1876, five troops of the U. S. Seventh Cavalry under the command of George Armstrong Custer rode into the valley of the Little Big Horn River, confidently expecting to rout the Indian encampments there. Instead, the cavalry met the gathered strength of Sioux and Cheyenne warriors, who did not run as expected but turned the battle toward the soldiers. White Bull charged again and again, fighting until the last soldier was dead. The battle was Custer's Last Stand, and White Bull was later referred to as the warrior who killed Custer.

In 1932 White Bull related his life story to Stanley Vestal, who corroborated the details, from other sources and prepared this biography. "All that I told him is straight and true," said White Bull. His story is a matchless account of the life of an Indian warrior.

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Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; 1st edition (June 1, 1984)

Language: English

Joe Meek: The Merry Mountain Man

Price

$6.63 [Paperback]

$46.00 [Hardcover]

$9.99 [Kindle]

About the book:

"A tall man, with long black hair, smooth face, dark eyes (inclining to turn his head a little to one side, as much as to say, 'I can tell you about it'), a harum-scarum, don't-care sort of man, full of life and fun." That's how a contemporary described Joe Meek." Born in Virginia, Joe Meek became a trapper, Indian fighter, pioneer, peace officer, frontier politician, and lover of practical jokes and Jacksonian democracy. He was a boon companion to two other larger-than-life mountain men, Kit Carson and Jim Bridger, and just as important in frontier history. In 1829, our nineteen-year-old hero joined the Rocky Mountain Fur Company of Jedediah Smith and the Sublettes and headed west on an odyssey of hair-raising high adventure and hilarious low comedy. For the next twelve years, the Rockies rang with tales of Joe's wild exploits. After the Last Rendezvous in 1840, he helped drive the first wagons to Oregon, served in the legislature of the provisional government, and went to Washington as a special envoy to President Polk. He later returned to Oregon to live out his days in the community that he helped build. Stanley Vestal (1887-1957) wrote more than twenty books, including Jim Bridger: Mountain Man, also available as a Bison Book.

Product Description:

Publisher: Bison Books; 10th edition (December 1, 1963)

Language: English

The Missouri by Stanley Vestal (1996-05-28)

Price

$28.53 [Paperback]

$714.76 [Hardcover]

About the book:

Product Description:

Publisher: Bison Books (1800)

Language: English

New Sources Of Indian History 1850 1891 The Ghost Dance The Prairie Sioux A Miscellany

Price

$18.99 [Paperback]

$28.95 [Hardcover]

About the book:

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.

Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface.

We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Product Description:

Publisher: Bison Books; 10th edition (December 1, 1963)

Language: English

The Old Santa Fe Trail

Price

$18.99 [Mass Market Paperback]

$28.95 [Paperback]

$13.97 [Hardcover]

About the book:

The Santa Fe Trail was one of the two great overland highways originating in Missouri in the nineteenth century. Several decades before settlers streamed over the Oregon Trail, traders were heading southwest. The caravans carried the wares of Yankee commerce; they returned loaded with buffalo robes and beaver pelts and the rich metals of Mexican mines. The thousand-mile journey “was a perilous cruise across a boundless sea of grass, over forbidding mountains, among wild beasts and wilder men, ending in an exotic city offering quick riches, friendly foreign women, and a moral holiday,” writes Stanley Vestal.

Vestal begins where the trail does. He describes outfitting for the trip, the society formed for survival, the hunt for meat, landmarks, and the dangers. He evokes the history and legends surrounding the trail at every point, including figures like Kit Carson, Jedediah Smith, the Bent brothers, and Uncle Dick Wooton.

Product Description:

Publisher: Bison Books (May 1, 1996)

Language: English

Queen of cowtowns: Dodge City,: "the wickedest little city in America," 1872-1886

Price

$854.65 [Mass Market Paperback]

$9.99 [Hardcover]

About the book:

Bound in the publisher's original quarter cloth and paper covered boards. Spine stamped in green.With seven illustrations following p. 20, 1st state opp p. 21. Previous owners bookplate.

Product Description:

Publisher: Harper; 1st edition (1952)

Language: English

King of the Fur Traders

Price

from $15.00 onwards [Hardcover]

About the book:

Hardcover – January 1, 1940

Product Description:

Publisher: Harper; Houghton Mifflin Company; First Edition edition (1940)

Language: English

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