Emerson Hough

Illustrated with beautiful chapter headings that match the book cover! For much of the nineteenth century, the boundaries of the United States were in flux. Frontier lawyer turned Western writer Emerson Hough takes on the topic of one such border controversy in the novel 54-40 or Fight, an action-packed account of the campaign to wrest control of the Pacific Northwest from the British. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary...

"The Mississippi Bubble" is a 1902 novel by American author Emerson Hough. It was Hough's first bestseller, and the fourth-best selling novel in the United States in 1902. The historical novel revolves around the story of John Law (1671-1729) and the "Mississippi Bubble", an economic bubble of speculative investment in the French colony of Louisiana. (Source: Wikipedia)

Baum's lesser-known works of his career include writing and directing plays. The King of Gee-Whiz was a collaborative work with his friend and fellow writer Emerson Hough which showcased a more adult sense of humor.

Emerson Hough was a fascinating figure and prolific author of classic Western novels. Engrossed by the idea of the Wild West, the young law school graduate from the Midwest pulled up stakes and made his way to the rough-and-tumble community of White Oaks, New Mexico to practice law and write. "The Way of a Man" has all of the elements of Hough's most successful novels: conflict between good and evil, simmering romance, and a stand-up protagonist who...

The story of a great migration of two thousand men, women and children from Missouri to Oregon in 1848.