Especially for Boys
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Father Charles J. Carmody
Learning to Serve
$11.95This 1961 classic contains all the valuable information that a young man needs in order to learn how to serve the traditional Latin Mass--yet it is so much more than just "nuts and bolts." After reading this book, boys will come away not only with an...
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William Canton
A Child's Book of Warriors
$14.95 - $22.95Young people--boys and girls alike--will delight in these stories of warriors who in all ages have defended the right and fought for high ideals. William Canton was a journalist, poet and an author of children's books such as The...
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Mother Mary Loyola
The King of the Golden City: Special Edition for Boys
$12.95The King of the Golden City is an allegorical tale which has stood the test of time because of the beauty of its symbolism and the richness of its spiritual advice. Written for children yet beloved by all, the only complaint...
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Mother Mary Loyola
The Soldier of Christ
$19.95Any book on the sacrament of Confirmation can explain what Confirmation is, but this is the only book that explains, in the most original and engaging manner, what Confirmation does. It is both a dialogue and a travelogue,...
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Rev. F.X. Lasance
The Young Man's Guide
$20.95Father Lasance's Catholic Girl's Guide, published in 1906, found immediate success among Catholic readers, and the natural demand for a companion volume gave rise to The Young Man's Guide in 1910. Both have a similar format and...
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William Canton
A Child's Book of Saints
$14.95Young people--boys and girls alike--will delight in these stories of the saints, many of which will be entirely new to them, as the author has brought out several stories of less-well-known early British saints. An early...
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Rev. John Furniss
The Sight of Hell
$8.95We discovered the work of Father Furniss in some contemporary reviews of Mother Mary Loyola's books, in which she was favorably compared to him. We recommend reading more about him in the Catholic Encyclopedia, but he was a...
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Leonora Blanche Lang
The Book of Saints and Heroes
$15.95Andrew Lang was an Oxford fellow and Scotsman who had a distinguished career as a poet, novelist and historian. His wife Leonora was extremely well-educated herself, having translated a history of Russia from the French and...
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Marion Florence Lansing
Page, Esquire and Knight
$12.95A recent perusal of a modern set of encyclopedias revealed a mere three-line entry for Roland, whose story formed the basis for one of the first great epics of medieval France, the Chanson de Roland. So much of western culture was...
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Gelett Burgess
A Collection of Goops
$14.95Experience for yourself the treasure that inspired generations of children's authors, including the young Dr. Seuss. Gelett Burgess first published Goops and How to be Them in 1900, using reverse psychology to poke fun at...
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Dom Bede Camm, O.S.B.
The Voyage of the PAX
MSRP: $9.95$8.95In writing this allegory to help explain the religious life to the boy oblates in his charge, Dom Bede drew upon the struggles he experienced during his conversion, as well as an experience from his Oxford years, when shipwrecked...
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Rev. Henry S. Spalding, S.J.
The Cave by the Beech Fork
$14.95From the discovery of a secret cave to the winning of a David-and-Goliath shooting match, there is no lack of action in The Cave by the Beech Fork, as we follow Owen Howard and Martin Cooper through their exploits in early 19th century Kentucky. But...