Early United States
Follow the Stars Home
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The first steamboat to traverse the Mississippi River in 1811 is the unique setting for this compelling novel of a momentous journey. It narrates ...Read Review
Butcher
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One of America’s most prolific authors returns with a harrowing tale of a demented “doctor” who preys upon women neglected by the ...Read Review
West of Santillane
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In the early years of the 19th century, sheltered Virginia planter’s daughter Julia Hancock is delighted when Captain William Clark of the ...Read Review
The Honey Tree
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1850. Preacher is a runaway slave, determined to make it all the way to Canada. Following the stars, he makes his way north from ...Read Review
Saved by the Matchmaker (A Shanahan Match)
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Part 2 of the Shanahan Match series. In 1849 St. Louis, a pregnant Enya Shanahan has run home from a failed marriage. To protect their ...Read Review
When the Grass Is Rising: A Portrait of Young Sam Houston
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Rose Gonsoulin depicts the early life of the iconic Texan, Sam Houston, in 1805. Gonsoulin reveals the venturing soul in Sam “Kahunah” Houston, as ...Read Review
All We Were Promised
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Lattimore’s debut exudes originality in its characters, plot situations, and especially in its well-chosen setting of 1830s Philadelphia, “the self-proclaimed cradle of ...Read Review
The Voyageur
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Lower Canada (modern Quebec), 1830. Carrying supplies to Fort William (now Thunder Bay) to trade for furs, members of the voyageur (French-Canadian fur traders) ...Read Review
Throne of Grace: A Mountain Man, an Epic Adventure, and the Bloody Conquest of the American West
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Jed Smith and guide Thomas Fitzpatrick are searching for water. It is May 1831, and the wagon train they are leading is desperate: water ...Read Review
Followed by the Lark
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The imagined interior life of renowned American naturalist Henry David Thoreau blossoms in this lyrical exploration of his world from childhood to his ...Read Review