Early United States
Impatient with Desire
It is hard to visit the Sierra Nevada Mountains and not think of the historic Donner Party. As your car…
My Brother Abe
Despite the title, this novel for ages 8-12 concentrates on Lincoln’s sister Sally. Little is known of her historically, leaving…
The Women Who Loved Jefferson
A fresh look at our nation’s third President through the women in his life. Scharff, incorporating recent research, provides a…
The Eden Hunter
Kau is a pygmy, sold into slavery after a vengeful attack upon his village by the neighboring Kesa tribe. The…
Heart of a Samurai
Son of a fisherman, 14-year-old Manjiro dreams of being a samurai. But after being rescued from a shipwreck by an…
Snowbound
This novel describes Pathfinder John Charles Frémont’s fourth expedition, an effort to find a railroad route over the Rocky Mountains.…
The Lost Summer of Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott was a champion of the independently spirited woman at a time when marriage was considered by much…
Calico Palace
Two women meet in a village of 900 people in 1848 California. Kendra reluctantly accompanies her stepfather, who is an…
Parrot and Olivier in America
Editors' choice
What a delight this witty novel is! Based on the journeys of Alexis de Tocqueville in the new American republic…
Wench
Three black slave women—Lizzie, Sweet and Reenie—have achieved a certain social status in the complex world of American antebellum plantation…
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