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March
by Geraldine Brooks
In a story inspired by the father character in Little Women and drawn from the journals and letters of Louisa May Alcott's father Bronson, a man leaves behind his family to serve in the Civil War and finds his marriage and beliefs profoundly challenged by his experiences. 100,000 first printing.
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My Ántonia : O pioneers!
by Willa Cather
A two-in-one volume by the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer includes the 1918 story of an immigrant woman's life on the hardscrabble Nebraska plains and the classic tale of American pioneer life on a transforming frontier.
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With every drop of blood
by James Lincoln Collier
Despite his promise to take care of his family, Johnny embarks on a bold mission to supply the Confederates, only to be taken prisoner by a runaway slave, in a novel that explores the reasons for the Civil War. Reprint.
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The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
The glory, pride, horror, and cowardice that are associated with war are depicted in a classic account of a young soldier's Civil War experiences, in a new edition of the masterful novel, first published in 1895 and featuring an introduction by Alfred Kazin.
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The year we were famous
by Carole Estby Dagg
A novel based on the true story of Clara Estby's walk across America with her mother Helga, to save their farm with the ten thousand dollars promised by a New York City publisher-- if they can do it in eight months
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Cold mountain
by Charles Frazier
Inman, a wounded soldier, walks away from the front during the Civil War to return to his prewar sweetheart, Ada, who, along with the help of a drifter, desperately works to revive a struggling farm. 40,000 first printing. Tour.
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Picture the dead
by Adele Griffin
An intriguing combination of historical romance, paranormal thriller and clever mystery is illustrated by a best-selling artist who created unique visuals that were modeled from authentic Civil War daguerreotypes and transformed into eerie mementos for Jennie's scrapbook, an object that will help her solve the mystery of her fiancé's death.
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Black storm comin' : Gallop Most Out Of My Skin
by Diane L. Wilson
Forced to tend to his mother and two sisters by himself while on the wagon train to California, biracial Colton Wescott and his family have great difficulties and are shunned by others, thus Colton decides to join up with the Pony Express in the hopes of making money for his family, knowing that he is risking his life if his true identity is ever discovered.
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The killer angels : a novel
by Michael Shaara
Portraits of Lee, Longstreet, and other Civil War leaders are interwoven with historical detail to provide a fictional recreation of the bloody battle at Gettysburg
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The river between us
by Richard Peck
During the early days of the Civil War, the Pruitt family takes in two mysterious young ladies who have fled New Orleans to come north to Illinois
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Soldier's heart : a novel of the Civil War
by Gary Paulsen
The critically acclaimed novelist adds to his Civil War novels, Nightjohn and Sarny--both classroom favorites--the story of Charley Goddard, a Minnesotan who enlists at age sixteen expecting adventure and returns with a soldier's heart.
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Mr. Tucket
by Gary Paulsen
A thrilling coming-of-age Western adventure yarn follows fourteen-year-old Francis Tucket, captured by the Pawnee in 1848, as he confronts wild horses, hostile tribes, and a strange one-armed man who helps him survive. Reprint.
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My name is Mary Sutter
by Robin Oliveira
Traveling to Civil War-era Washington, D.C. to tend wounded soldiers and pursue her dream of becoming a surgeon, headstrong midwife Mary receives guidance from two smitten doctors and resists her mother's pleas for her to return home. A first novel.
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Riot
by Walter Dean Myers
In 1863, Claire, the daughter of an Irish mother and a black father, faces ugly truths and great danger when Irish immigrants, enraged by the Civil War and the draft, lash out against blacks and wealthy "swells" of New York City
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Assassin
by Anna Myers
In alternating passages, a young White House seamstress named Bella and the actor John Wilkes Booth describe the events that lead to the latter's assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Gone with the wind
by Margaret Mitchell
The story of the tempestuous romance between Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara is set amid the drama of the Civil War
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The devil's paintbox
by Victoria McKernan
Tired of struggling to survive on their draught-ravaged Kansas farm, orphans Aiden and Maddy Lynch begin the perilous journey along the Oregon Trail with a hundred fellow travelers and face Indians, deadly river crossings, and wolves along the way in the hopes of reaching a better life out west.
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Hattie Big Sky
by Kirby Larson
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe.
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Across five Aprils
by Irene Hunt
Each succeeding spring brings Jethro Creighton, a brave, young Illinois boy, closer to manhood as he faces the harsh realities of the American Civil War. A Newbery Honor Book. Reissue.
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Two girls of Gettysburg
by Lisa Klein
When the Civil War breaks out, friends and cousins Lizzie and Rosanna find themselves on opposing sides as Lizzie remains loyal to the Union and Rosanna, in love with a Confederate officer, becomes sympathetic to the old south, in a moving tale set in the time of the bloody battle at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 30,000 first printing.
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