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54, 40 or Fight is a historical novel written by Emerson Hough. The book is set in the mid-19th century and tells the story of the Oregon boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain. The title of the book refers to the slogan used by James K. Polk during his... Read Full Overview

"54-40 or Fight" from Emerson Hough. American author best known for writing western stories and historical novels (1857-1923).

54-40 or Fight Emerson Hough There is probably no one writing to-day who has so well caught the trick of this particular sort of pseudo-history, in which real personages and real events are so dexterously interwoven with a tissue of purely imaginary happenings, and the causes... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: 54-4 or Fight by Emerson Hough

Book Excerpt: ...counterpane "Doctor Ward sighed, as he shook his head. "I don't pretend to know now all you mean."Calhoun whirled on him fiercely, with a vigor which his wasted frame did not indicate as possible."Listen, then, and I will tell you what John Calhoun means--John... Read Full Overview

Reproduction of the original: 54-4 or Fight by Emerson Hough

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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... Read Full Overview

There is scarcely a single cause in which a woman is not engaged in some way fomenting the suit.-Juvenal. "Then you offer me no hope, Doctor?" The gray mane of Doctor Samuel Ward waved like a fighting crest as he made answer: "Not the sort of hope you ask." A moment later he... Read Full Overview