US Civil War
Pliney Fiske
Pliney Fiske is a clerk in the Civil War Pension Office of Concord, New Hampshire. His job is to determine…
Sweet Glory
This award-winning young adult novel, set during the American Civil War, tells of Jana Brady, a tomboy whose parents decide…
The Hammer and the Anvil: Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, and the End of Slavery in America
Most Americans know the story of Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States from 1861 to his death by…
A Soldier’s Secret
Private Frank Thompson of the 2nd Michigan Volunteers is not your typical Civil War infantryman. He is also a battlefield nurse and…
The Quilt Walk
In 1863, with the Civil War raging, ten-year-old Emmy Blue and her parents start across the plains toward a new…
And There I Will Be A Soldier
In 1862, the American states are organizing local militias to fight during the Civil War. Ryan McCalla joins the 2nd…
The Lincoln Conspiracy
It seems that limping, cane-wielding, 19th-century heroes are popping out of the woodwork these days. The BBC’s star of Copper…
A Wish After Midnight
Genna is a fifteen-year-old in modern-day Brooklyn. She lives with her single-parent, two-job-working mother, her flirty older sister, her drug-selling…
The Spy Lover
The Spy Lover is a refreshing story of the journey of people of mixed ancestry through the American Civil War.…
Wedded to War
At the beginning of the Civil War, medical support for the troops was rudimentary at best. Several brilliant, heroic women…
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