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Richard Carvel — Complete, Classics To Go

The hero, Richard Carvel has his sympathies for the cause of the American Independence before and during the American Revolution. He also harbors  his enduring love for his childhood sweetheart, Dorothy Manners. His uncle's betrayal sends Richard to face kidnapping and piracy, until he is finally rescued and befriended by a true-life hero of the American Revolution, John Paul Jones; and ultimately restored to his birthright and his true love.

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill (November 10, 1871 – March 12, 1947) was an American best-selling novelist of the early 20th century. He is nowadays overshadowed, even as a writer, by the more famous British statesman of the same name, to whom he was not related. (Wikipedia)