Early United States
Words Spoken True
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Jane Bushyhead has the typical hopes and plans of a teenage girl—school, teaching, surrounded by family and friends. Unfortunately, it is 1838 and ...Read Review
Beyond the Edge of the Known World
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The Spanish Cortes of 1812 in Cádiz provides the historical catalyst for the life-changing journey of Juan, this tale’s fictional fourteen-year-old hero. ...Read Review
The Chinese Lady
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In 1834, a Chinese girl from Canton was brought to New York to promote the sale of Chinese imports. Now recognized as the first ...Read Review
With Her Baby on Her Back
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Historical novels overflow with women of little agency living under trying circumstances. Among them Harrison’s 19th-century protagonist stands out, not only for ...Read Review
Bargains of Fate: Book Two in the Fields of Honor Series
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Bargains of Fate picks up where Virts’ Masque of Honor leaves off, but it is not necessary to read the first one, as ...Read Review
The Newer World
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Tennessee, 1840, and an unknown narrator tells of ‘my father’ and his courtship of ‘my mother’. It is not until chapter two that we ...Read Review
Lafitte Lives: An Old New Orleans Bookshop Mystery
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1831 New Orleans. Tobias Whitney, sexton of a St. Louis cemetery, is maintaining the tomb of Dominique You, who was associated with infamous privateer ...Read Review
Days of Sun and Shadow
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In 1813, Emilie is born with “the sight,” something only her Scottish grandmother understands. Because Emilie’s mother blames Emilie for the deaths of ...Read Review
The Stargazer of Nantucket
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In 1851, 18-year-old Winifred Starbuck decides it’s time she joined her merchant parents on their trading journey to China. Because of a dangerous ...Read Review
Tomorrow, the War
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The lives of drifter Jed and the formerly enslaved Raleigh intersect on the eve of the Civil War in this ambitious tale that ...Read Review
