Early United States
Strands of Bronze and Gold
Tucked away in a backwater Mississippi town is Wyndriven Abbey, home of the mysterious, intoxicating Bernard de Cressac. Sophia Petheram…
The Movement of Stars
Editors' choice
At the age of 24, Hannah Gardner Price is not conforming to the expectations of her Nantucket community. Women in…
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves
Master of the Mountain by Henry Wiencek shows us American history as it was, not as we might want it…
Journey to Plum Creek
Through the magic of Mr. Barrington’s mysterious trunk, modern-day middle school students Hannah, Nick, and Jackie travel to 1840s Texas.…
The Last Runaway
Editors' choice
A young Quaker woman, Honor Bright, has left her civilized home of Bridport in England for the wild, untamed wilderness…
The Purchase
In the winter of 1798, Daniel Dickinson and his young family are cast out by the elders of their tightknit…
Another Small Kingdom
Boston, 1802. Lawyer Macleod is a man full of hate, a dangerous man who finds himself caught up in a…
Swimming with Serpents
As an Alabama native who’s visited Horseshoe Bend and knows descendants of William Weatherford, I was interested in this novel…
The Treason Trial of Aaron Burr
This work covers a landmark case in American constitutional history, one in which Aaron Burr, an ex-vice president, was accused…
Quarantine
Set in 1796 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, a young man comes of age during an age of pestilence, loss and grief.…
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