US Civil War
Freedom at Dawn: Robert Smalls’ Voyage Out of Slavery
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
1862. Lizzie Smalls knows her father is the best boat pilot in South Carolina, but being enslaved, he isn’t given that title. The ...Read Review
That Which Binds Us
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The debut novel from Cathy Rigg comes with fine polish and skill, spun across five characters in the approach to, endurance through, and ...Read Review
Notes from a Deserter: A Soldier’s Journey Home
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AdventureMilitaryShort Stories
In 1862, Pennsylvania farmer William Henry Howe enlists in the Union Army. He’s sure that the war will end in months and he’...Read Review
Big Jim and the White Boy: An American Classic Reimagined
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1860s, United States. Mark Twain was not an accurate storyteller. In their old age, Big Jim and Huckleberry Finn recount to Jim’s ...Read Review
Junie
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The narrative voice in Junie sounds so assured that you wouldn’t realize it was a debut. The title character, just sixteen in 1860, ...Read Review
The Jackal’s Mistress
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Skirmishes and battles plague Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley during America’s Civil War, with the same territory changing hands numerous times. Libby Steadman’...Read Review
The Unexpected Diva
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An extraordinary tale of Eliza Taylor Greenfield’s rise, in the years before the Civil War, from a plantation in Natchez to international ...Read Review
Cousins in the Time of Magic
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In the current-day United States, history-loving and sometimes eccentric Tía Xia is the aunt of three young cousins, Camila, Siggy, and Jorge. ...Read Review
The American Daughters
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Enslaved on John du Marche’s plantation in the years before the Civil War, Ady and her mother, Sanite, survive inhumane treatment through ...Read Review
The Birds of Dog: An Historical Novel Based on Mostly True Events
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“The sun was out, and the sciences were popping!” In a modified epistolary format, Parson recounts three related stories, connected by narrator, place, ...Read Review
