Juliet Waldron
Kearny’s March
The subtitle of Kearny’s March is “The Epic Creation of the American West, 1846-1847.” For a reader who is weak…
Who Shot the Water Buffalo?
This is the story of a man who wasn’t all that strange – at least until after his Vietnam experience.…
American Dreamers: How the Left Changed a Nation
American Dreamers surveys the creative contributions of the lately much-reviled American Left, from the 1820s to the election of President…
Anya’s War
In the summer of 1937, Anya Rosen and her family have settled into life in colonial Shanghai. The year…
On The Volcano
In the 1850s, to escape the increasing lawlessness of town, Jack MacDonald sells his house and moves with his wife…
The Eden Hunter
Kau is a pygmy, sold into slavery after a vengeful attack upon his village by the neighboring Kesa tribe. The…
The Blue Orchard
Editors' choice
The Blue Orchard, set in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from the 1920s to the late 1950s, is the fictionalized story of Verna…
Cutter’s Island: Caesar in Captivity
On the way to Rhodes to further his study of rhetoric, Julius Caesar is captured by pirates and held for…
Savage Lands
It is 1704. There are fewer than 200 people in Louisiana, the newest French colony. Craftsmen and soldiers have sent…
In the American Grain
This is not a book you chew and swallow in a single day. Dubbed a literary classic and authored by…
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