HNR Issue 19 (February 2002)
When Mountains Walked
Kate Wheeler tells the story of two strong women living in an uncivilized location in Peru. In the 1940s, Althea…
The Dry Danube
Adolf Hitler narrates, ranting and raving, his own life story during the years prior to the First World War. In…
All the King’s Men
The most important thing about this “restored” edition of Penn Warren’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of 1946 is that it stands…
A Case of Curiosities
A memento hominem is a collection of items memorializing a life, and a case full of such items gives structure…
George Washington, Frontiersman
Zane Grey, one of America’s foremost writers of western fiction, died in 1939. This book, a fictionalized narrative of George…
Sophie and the Rising Sun
In 1939, Mr. Oto arrives in Salty Creek, Georgia, by accident. Taken off the bus because he is ill, he…
Fiery Cross
In the fifth book in Gabaldon’s popular ‘Outlander’ series, we find Claire and Jamie Fraser, their daughter Brianna, her husband…
The Golden Ring: A Christmas Story
It was 1918 and Christmas was approaching. This was a favorite time of year for Anna and her family as…
To Tame a Wild Heart
Although this novel is set in the Scottish Highlands in 1813, it begins with a flashback to 1796 when the…
The Royal Physician’s Visit
“On April 5, 1768, Johann Friedrich Struensee was appointed Royal Physician to King Christian VII of Denmark, and four years…
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