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Powderblack Illustrated ClassicsPowderblack publishes classic literature featuring handmade illustrations suited especially for Kindle. Our latest book, My Confession, is the gripping, romantic, and fantastical memoir of a rogue scalp hunter that inspired Cormac McCarthy’s masterpiece, Blood Meridian. In this new edition, Samuel Chamberlain’s harrowing account of his adventures as a Dragoon in the Mexican War is accompanied by more than 50 of his own original illustrations which have been remastered for Kindle readers. My Confession is a stunning and terrifying journey through the dark heart of the American West that provides a unique insight into the nearly-forgotten conflict that defined a young nation.
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Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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Honor-bound to confront his own certain death, Sir Gawain sets out across a strange and mystical country seeking the Green Knight—a mysterious emerald-skinned stranger who cannot be killed. On his journey, Gawain meets the keeper of a castle in the wild northern lands who offers him a curious sort of hospitality. The keeper’s wife, however, has her own plans for the chivalrous hero.
This classic tale is the inspiration for the feature film, The Green Knight directed by David Lowery and starring Dev Patel. |
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The Great Gatsby
Tremendous wealth, extravagant parties, and the distant, flickering hope of a love lost to the passage of time. In a new age of prosperity and excess, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby examines the promise of the American Dream. Yet with everything just ahead of us, what becomes of our past? For the mysterious Jay Gatsby, the only frontier left unconquered lies behind him.
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