All Formats & Editions

A brisk, sunlit adventure with lasting grit. Billy and the Big Stick hurls a boy into the heat of a late nineteenth-century frontier, where courage under pressure meets sharp wit and unexpected teamwork. In this compact classic, Davis crafts a seamless blend of adventure fiction... Read Full Overview

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... Read Full Overview

Billy and The Big Stick

Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti. When they flooded with radiance the unpaved streets of Port-au-Prince no one, except the police, who complained that... Read Full Overview

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Had the Wilmot Electric Light people remained content only to make light, had they not, as a by-product, attempted to make money, they need not have left Hayti. When they flooded with radiance the unpaved streets of Port-au-Prince no one, except the police, who complained that... Read Full Overview

Richard Harding Davis's "Billy and the Big Stick" offers a sharp and humorous look at American intervention in Haiti through the lens of political satire. This collection of short stories, set in the Caribbean nation, provides a fictionalized account of the challenges and... Read Full Overview