Best Selling Books by Olivia E Coolidge

A spirited retelling of several Greek myths.

Retells legends of the heroes of the Trojan War, which began with Paris of Troy''s abduction of Helen, wife of Menelaus, lord of Greece.

Stories about ancient Greece.

Dr. Silvester Gardiner was an extraordinary individual. In telling his story, Coolidge traces the early settlement of Maine, from the first settlers struggling to survive bitter winters in crude huts, to the gradual establishment of trade, sawmills, gristmills, and other commerce, and then attempts to increase the population with immigrants and instill civilization through the firm hands of religion, government, and Dr. Gardiner.

Short stories based on life in the New Kingdom (1600 B.C.-1100 B.C) of ancient Egypt.

Traces the history of the fight for the right to vote for women in the United States, from the Woman''s Rights Convention of 1848 to the passing of the nineteenth amendment in 1920.

A retelling of popular Northland tales as well as new and unfamiliar stories.

Stories portraying a variety of Roman types who lived in the first century A.D., under the golden rule of Augustus.

A biography of the Polish-born author who wrote in English and gained fame for his novels and short stories about the sea.

Olivia Coolidge''s portrait of Gandhi is complete, showing his failures and successes, his weaknesses in the economic and political arenas standing in contrast to his spiritual strength and to his success in Hindu reform.

An account, both factual and fictional, of the Gallic War of 58 to 51 B.C., narrated by a fictitious soldier in Caesar''s army, which provides a somewhat more vivid and readable companion to Caesar''s "Commentaries on the Gallic War."

A biography concentrating on the first fifty years in the life of Abraham Lincoln who became President at the age of fifty-two.

A biography concentrating on the years during which Abraham Lincoln served as President.

The story of the Persian Wars against Greece told primarily from the point of view of the Persians.

Episodes portraying daily life during and immediately after the time of Christ. Principal characters include New Testament figures.