Early United States

Courting Miss Amsel

By Kim Vogel Sawyer - Published 2011

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

Edythe Amsel, an insecure, but headstrong, young woman with a belief in a well-rounded education, has accepted her first teaching assignment in the ...Read Review

My Love, My Enemy

By Jan Cox Speas - Published 2011

Genres:

Romance

This fresh edition of the classic romantic historical novel set during the War of 1812 combines the wit and tenderness of Georgette Heyer with ...Read Review

On The Volcano

By James Nelson - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

In the 1850s, to escape the increasing lawlessness of town, Jack MacDonald sells his house and moves with his wife into the wilderness, ...Read Review

American Uprising: The Untold Story of America’s Largest Slave Revolt

By Daniel Rasmussen - Published 2011

Genres:

Nonfiction

It’s a good bet—anyone who knows anything about American history has heard of the slave revolts led by John Brown and ...Read Review

Good Fortune

By Noni Carter - Published 2010

Genres:

Children/Young Adult

Good Fortune follows the life of a young African-American woman in the early 1800s from her childhood and capture in Africa, her slavery ...Read Review

Lady in the Mist

By Laurie Alice Eakes - Published 2011

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

As tensions mount between England and  the United States in 1809, a coastal Virginia town midwife, Tabitha Eckles, not only becomes embroiled in the ...Read Review

Killer Colt: Murder, Disgrace, and the Making of an American Legend

By Harold Schechter - Published 2010

Genres:

Mystery/CrimeNonfiction

After their father loses his wealth, brothers John and Sam Colt suffer a dissolute youth in early 19th century America. John, the more ...Read Review

Within My Heart

By Tamera Alexander - Published 2010

Genres:

InspirationalRomance

Rachel Boyd, a widow with two sons, is trying to make a success of her late husband’s dream of a ranch in ...Read Review

Impatient with Desire

By Gabrielle Burton - Published 2010

Genres:

Biographical Fiction

It is hard to visit the Sierra Nevada Mountains and not think of the historic Donner Party. As your car climbs those twisted ...Read Review

The Eden Hunter

By Skip Horack - Published 2010

Genres:

Literary

Kau is a pygmy, sold into slavery after a vengeful attack upon his village by the neighboring Kesa tribe. The Eden Hunter begins ...Read Review