The Complete Works of Joseph Alexander Altsheler Joseph Alexander Altsheler was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. He was a prolific writer, and produced fifty-one novels and at least fifty-three short stories. This collection includes the following: The Scouts of the Valley The Masters of the Peaks The Shades of the Wilderness The Forest Runners The Free Rangers The Hosts of the Air The Forest of Swords The Texan Scouts The Texan Star The Tree of Appomattox The Sun Of Quebec The Young Trailers Before the Dawn The Eyes of the Woods The Candidate The Border Watch The Keepers of the Trail The Riflemen of the Ohio The Great Sioux Trail The Guns of Europe The Guns of Bull Run The Star of Gettysburg The Quest of the Four In Hostile Red The Guns of Shiloh The Last Rebel The Scouts of Stonewall The Sword of Antietam The Rock of Chickamauga The Shadow of the North The Lords of the Wild The Hunters of the Hills The Rulers of the Lakes The Last of the Chiefs