Early United States
The Sea of Silence: A Nathan Peake Novel
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In the tradition of Hornblower and Aubrey/Maturin comes this third in a new series of Napoleonic seafaring adventures. “Jane Austen for boys” ...Read Review
Desperate Reflections (Fury Falls Inn)
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Alabama in 1821 is still rustic and not far removed from the complete wilderness which still encompasses most of the North American continent. The ...Read Review
Murder, Sweet Murder (A Will Rees Mystery, 11)
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Kuhns continues her delightful mystery series with this 11th book as husband-and-wife team Will and Lydia Rees once again work together to solve ...Read Review
Six Mile Creek
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In May 1835, the Brodie family are on their way to Ft. Brooke (Tampa) in search of a better life, away from the rising ...Read Review
The Prophet’s Wife: A Novel of an American Faith
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If you know as little as I do about the Mormon religion, this book will at times read like a fantasy novel. The ...Read Review
The Corpse Queen
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Children/Young AdultMystery/Crime
1850s Philadelphia. After her friend’s body is found in the river, fellow orphan Molly believes the man her friend was seeing, a ...Read Review
John Brown’s Women
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Abolitionist John Brown’s remarkable life and family are vividly explored through the eyes of three women: his wife, Mary; his daughter-in-law, Wealthy; ...Read Review
We Played With Fire
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
This YA novel is based on the intriguing true story of sisters Maggie and Kate Fox who convinced many people in mid-19th-century ...Read Review
Changing Flags: A Novel of the Battalion of St. Patrick
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This ambitious first book in a series on the Battalion of St. Patrick brings to light a little-known chapter of American immigrant history: ...Read Review
Moon and the Mars
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This expansive novel follows the adventures of Theodora Brigid “Theo” Brook, a poor, half-Black, half-Irish orphan growing up in Five Points in lower ...Read Review
