Early United States
The Captain’s Dog: My Journey with the Lewis and Clark Tribe
This is a tale of the Lewis and Clark Expedition of 1803-06 as told by Captain Lewis’s Newfoundland dog, Seaman,…
The Letter Writer
Popular YA historical novelist Rinaldi has a go at imagining what it was like to be in the middle of…
I Am Apache
After Mexican raiders murder her four-year-old brother, teen-aged Siki turns from a traditional woman’s path to begin her training as…
Roanoke
Lawrence weaves a spidery web of intrigue and adventure as she delves into the unsolved mystery of the true fate…
Dalliance
In May of 1848, while visiting relatives and friends in New York City, Mary Turner has a very strange dream.…
Soldier’s Farewell
Smith Munro chronicles his experiences at a stagecoach station in New Mexico territory in a diary he receives for his…
Beloved Captive
In the opening chapters of Beloved Captive, Emilie Gayarre finds herself traveling home to New Orleans in 1836 to tend…
City of God
City of God, the fourth installment in Beverly Swerling’s fabulously plotted multi-generational family saga, takes place in mid-19th century Manhattan.…
The Slave Dancer
This reissued Newbery Honor book tells what could easily be a true story. Beginning in 1839, thirteen-year-old Jessie Bollier is…
Sacajawea
The eagerly anticipated paperback edition of this acclaimed story of the Bird Woman of the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806)…
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