HNR Issue 68 (May 2014)

Once We Had a Country

By Robert McGill - Published 2013

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Set in 1972, Canadian author Robert McGill’s latest novel, Once We Had A Country, might just sneak into the definition of ‘historic fiction’ (...Read Review

City of Jasmine

By Deanna Raybourn - Published 2014

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Mystery/Crime

Deanna Raybourn’s latest novel, City of Jasmine, is set in the Middle East shortly after the end of the First World War. ...Read Review

The Red Bird All-Indian Traveling Band

By Frances Washburn - Published 2014

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The summer of 1969 on the Pine Ridge Reservation is the setting for this rollicking chronicle of young waitress, band singer and lost soul ...Read Review

Netherworld

By Lisa Morton - Published 2014

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Historical Fantasy

This is the first in an anticipated series about Lady Diana Furnaval, who comes to believe in the supernatural after her fiancé, William, ...Read Review

The Eagle Trail

By Robert Rigby - Published 2013

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Adventure

In August 1940, a Jewish family from Paris attempts to escape from the Nazis. They take the dangerous Eagle Trail across the Pyrenees to ...Read Review

The King’s Chalice

By Janet K.L Seal - Published 2013

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It cannot be denied that an enormous amount of research has gone into the preparation of this book, and I defy anyone to ...Read Review

With Autumn’s Return (Westward Winds, Book 3)

By Amanda Cabot - Published 2014

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InspirationalNonfictionWestern

Elizabeth Harding is newly arrived to Cheyenne and the town’s first lady doctor. Although attracted to the handsome attorney who shares her ...Read Review

But This Is Different

By Mary Walker Baron - Published 2011

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Literary

On 1978 New Year’s Eve, on the dock on a tiny South Pacific island, sweaty islanders struggle to start an old aircraft engine ...Read Review

World War II, Book I: The Right Flight

By Chris Lynch - Published 2014

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Children/Young AdultMilitary

Baseball is life for professional ball player Roman Bucyk, but love for his country prompts him to trade his uniform for military-issue khaki. ...Read Review

Dear Abigail: The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters

By Diane Jacobs - Published 2014

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Nonfiction

Readers familiar with Abigail Adams’ plea to her husband, John, to “remember the ladies” may suspect that she is a formidable historical figure ...Read Review