Early United States
Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex: The Complete Illustrated Edition
The primary narrative in Wreck of the Whale Ship Essex is the real-life account of the first mate of the…
Grog Wars
About Burke Kaufmann, the beer brewer hero of Anne Sweazy-Kulju’s delightful new book Grog Wars, readers are told two key…
River of Dreams
The antebellum American South is brought vividly to life in Harrison Neese’s River of Dreams, which follows a small cast…
Hope Reborn
In the third instalment in Caryl McAdoo’s trilogy of Christianity-themed historical romance novels (following Vow Unbroken and Hearts Stolen) opens…
Song of the Jayhawk
Song of the Jayhawk, the debut novel from Jack Marshall Maness, is set in the territory of Kansas during the…
Brock’s Assassin: Someone Had to Burn Washington
In 1813, in war-ravaged Niagara, Upper Canada, Lieutenant Westlake of the 1st York Militia is trailing Willcocks, a notorious traitor.…
The Land Breakers
“You can’t build a settlement here if you go alone,” could sum up the theme of this novel originally published…
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell
In 1855, women had few choices in American society: they could be wives and mothers, lonely spinsters, or whores. Few…
Dear Mr. Washington
Written and illustrated with a 5- to 8-year-old audience in mind, Dear Mr. Washington is rollicking fun for the grown-ups…
New Frontier of Love: 2 (American Wilderness Series Romance)
New Frontier of Love is a historical romance set in the Kentucky of 1797. The romance part takes place between…
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