19th Century
It Happened at the Fair
Gist does a fine job of capturing the splendor of the 1893 Columbian Exposition, partly through the use of photographs…
The Ghosts of Mayfield Park
The Ghosts of Mayfield Park is a Victorian murder/mystery narrated in part by one of the victims, who though poisoned…
Bellman and Black: A Ghost Story
The subtitle sets this up to be a discomforting read, and indeed, it is, but it is also completely engrossing.…
What Once Was Lost
Christina Willems is out of a job when the poor farm she supervises catches fire in 1890 small-town Kansas. She…
Forsaken Dreams
Colonel Blake Wallace is fleeing from the horrors he has experienced in the American Civil War. His family murdered and…
Maria’s Papers
The complicated history of the Chance family is revealed in this dual-time historical narrative which exposes the treacherous history of…
The Calm and the Strife
As a child in mid-19th century Gettysburg, Wes Culp was the school runt, short and afflicted with a nervous stutter,…
Saturn’s Daughters: The Birth of Terrorism
Evgenya Grishina is eighteen when she comes into contact with “the Movement”, the first political group to call themselves terrorists…
The House on Tenafly Road
Editors' choice
After his service in the Civil War, Sergeant John Weldon, haunted and nearly shattered by his experiences on and off…
The Graphic History of Gettysburg
The Battle of Gettysburg is one of the most studied and storied battles in American history for good reason. This…
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