G.A. Henty Books

You can print off and bind G.A. Henty books yourself...or load them on a CD ROM and take them to Staples or Kinkos, OfficeMax or Office Depot and let them print and bind them.

Either way, they are wonderful read-alouds and definitely good history reading.

G.A. Henty Online

We have already downloaded (I did mine as a PDF file...) The Cat of Bubastes, The Boy Knight, Friends, Though Divided, Forests and Friends...and I'll finish capturing the rest on the flashdrive!

Added Notes: 

Hard Bound, Soft Bound, and CD-ROM editions. All 99 of G. A. Henty's books are now available in print and digital formats.  The CDs also includes 53 short stories by Henty and 216 short stories by his contemporaries. Written during the latter part of the 19th Century, G. A. Henty's books were very popular and widely used in the schools of Britain and the United States during the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.

While many children's adventure books that emphasize the traits of courage, high moral character, diligence, perseverance and other valuable personal virtues were written during this period, G. A. Henty's books are unique. Each adventure takes place within the setting of some important period in human history. From the fall of Jerusalem to the American Civil War, Henty's heroes live their adventures within exciting historical events. The reader learns much detailed history while he is being entertained and taught by exemplary heroes.Moreover, through his personal experiences and careful scholarship, Henty provides very detailed and accurate accounts of history. While one might read a section of a history book concerning, for example, the conquering of Mexico by Spain, most such accounts are dry and shallow in comparison with Henty's tale of the primary happenings and of the way of life of the people caught up in those events.
From the French Revolution to the Great Plague of London, from the Crusades to the American Civil War, Henty readers learn in-depth history, superior vocabulary and literary techniques, and the advantages of high personal character - while they are being entertained by a master storyteller.

And a chronological listing of the Henty stories is available here at the Robinson Curriculum site.

1381		A March on London
1400		Both Sides of the Border
1415		At Agincourt
1480		A Knight of the White Cross
		REFORMATION AND EXPLORATION
1579		By Pike and Dyke
1580		St. Bartholomew's Eve
1580		Under Drake's Flag
1588		By England's Aid
1595		By Right of Conquest
		WARS OF RELIGION AND SUCCESSION
1630		The Lion of the North
1640		Won by the Sword
1650		Friends Though Divided
1666		When London Burned
1690		Orange and Green
1695		A Jacobite Exile
1703		The Cornet of Horse
1705		The Bravest of the Brave
1710		In the Irish Brigade
1745		Bonnie Prince Charlie
		COLONIAL DISRUPTIONS AND COMPETITION
1759		With Wolfe in Canada
1760		With Frederick the Great
1780		True to the Old Flag
1780		Held Fast for England
1786		With Clive in India

THE NAPOLEONIC ERA
1793		In the Reign of Terror
1795		No Surrender!
1795		A Roving Commission
1795		The Tiger of Mysore
1795		By Conduct and Courage
1798		At Aboukir and Acre
1800		At the Point of the Bayonet	82
1808		With Moore at Corunna	83
1810		The Young Buglers	84
1810		Under Wellington's Command	86
1812		Through Russian Snows	87
1815		One of the 28th	88
		INDIAN TROUBLES AND NEIGHBORS' WARS
1820		With Cochrane the Dauntless	90
1824		On the Irrawaddy	91
1825		In Greek Waters	92
1835		With the British Legion	93
1840		To Herat and Cabul	94
		THE VICTORIAN ERA: DEFENDING AN EMPIRE
1850		Through the Sikh War	96
1854		Jack Archer	97
1856		In Times of Peril	98
1856		Rujub the Juggler	99
1860		With Lee in Virginia	102
1865		Out With Garibaldi	103
1867		The March to Magdala	104
1870		Maori and Settler	105
1870		A Woman of the Commune	106
1870		The Young Franc-Tireurs	107
1873		By Sheer Pluck	108
1873		The March to Coomassie	109
1879		For Name and Fame	110
1880		The Young Colonists	111
1882		A Chapter of Adventures	114
1885		The Dash for Khartoum	115
1896		Through Three Campaigns	116
1898		With Kitchener in the Soudan	117
1899		With Buller in Natal	118
1900		With Roberts to Pretoria	119
1900		With the Allies to Pekin