Early United States
Come August, Come Freedom
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Biographical FictionChildren/Young Adult
Gabriel is born into slavery in Virginia during the American Revolution. He is raised on Prosser’s plantation and then sent to Richmond ...Read Review
Something Strange and Deadly
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Children/Young AdultHistorical FantasyThriller
Eleanor would do anything for her dear older brother Elijah, including fighting an evil necromancer who is awakening the dead in late 19th-century ...Read Review
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power
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If you think you know all about Thomas Jefferson, read Jon Meacham’s brilliant 2012 biography, Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power. Mr. Meacham ...Read Review
Captain’s Wife: Narrative of a Voyage in the Schooner Antarctic 1829, 1830, 1831
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This firsthand account by a woman of a voyage to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific is part of the publisher’s Seafarers’ ...Read Review
Escape from Texas
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In 1829 Samuel Bingham brings his slave James Robinson to the Mexican state of Coahuila y Tejas, where he intends to acquire land. Bingham ...Read Review
The Blood of Heroes: The 13-Day Struggle for the Alamo – and the Sacrifice that Forged a Nation
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Donovan, who wrote A Terrible Glory, called the “definitive” history of Custer and the battle of Little Big Horn, has now done the ...Read Review
A Simple Murder
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Maine, 1796, a Shaker settlement. The Shakers are a fascinating movement; their lifestyle and worldview could make for an absorbing historical novel. Sadly, this ...Read Review
True Sisters
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The year is 1856, and it is already July when a determined group of Mormon Saints begins a journey from Iowa to Utah on ...Read Review
Heart’s Safe Passage
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Seeking God’s guidance is a strong theme in this second installment of The Midwives series, and sailing through dangerous waters during the ...Read Review
1812
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Written in epic style (third person omniscient), Nevin’s book sprawls across North America from Canada to Washington to New Orleans and in ...Read Review