The complete online text of A Knight of the White Cross : a tale of the siege of Rhodes by G. A. Henty.

When Victoria ascended the British throne on 20 June 1837, G. A. Henty was not yet five years old. Yet in thousands of young boys' lives Henty was destined to be as important as the queen. In a 1980 review of the most recent biography of Henty, Eric Stok...

G. A. Henty once described himself as "a fierce and truculent Briton, ready to defy the whole world." It was an exaggerated yet appropriate description, given Henty's character and appearance. He was a tall, powerfully built man, with a large head and a...

There is much that is disturbing, even maddening, about the bankruptcy of Great Northern Paper Inc. The long history of concessions wrested from workers, of tax breaks and taxpayer-backed loans, the sale of such assets as forest lands and the power system, the flow...

Byline: Jeanne Bernick To Vachel White, ignorance is bliss. Not that White is ignorant, but he is inexperienced at farming, a fact that prevents him from having any preconceived notions about how to run a successful cattle feeding operation. To this...