The Rebel Bride (Daughter of the Mayflower, #10)
Can Love Form Amidst Tensions of War During the clash between Union and Confederacy, quiet Tennessean Pearl MacFarlane is compelled to nurse both Rebel and Yankee wounded who seek refuge at her family s farm She is determined to remain unmoved by the Yankee cause until she faces the silent
Mustard Seed
The bestselling author of Yellow Crocus returns with a haunting and tender story of three women returning to the plantation they once called home Oberlin, Ohio, 1868 Lisbeth Johnson was born into privilege in the antebellum South Jordan Freedman was born a slave to Mattie, Lisbeth s beloved
She Came to Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman
In the bestselling tradition of The Notorious RBG comes a lively, informative, and illustrated tribute to one of the most exceptional women in American history Harriet Tubman a heroine whose fearlessness and activism still resonates today.Harriet Tubman is best known as one of the most famous
We Hope for Better Things
When Detroit Free Press reporter Elizabeth Balsam meets James Rich, his strange request that she look up a relative she didn t know she had in order to deliver an old camera and a box of photos seems like it isn t worth her time But when she loses her job after a botched investigation, she
Sister of Mine
When two Union soldiers stumble onto a plantation in northern Georgia on a warm May day in 1864, the last thing they expect is to see the Union flag flying high or to be greeted by a group of freed slaves and their Jewish mistress Little do they know that this place has an unusual history.Twelve
The Underground Abductor
Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people But north of the Mason Dixon line, slavery was illegal If she could run away and make
Winter Sisters (Mary Sutter, #2)
Stunning Oliveira writes with feeling The New York Times Book Review An engrossing story that feel utterly timely People, The Best New Books New York, 1879 An epic blizzard descends on Albany, devastating the city When the snow finally settles, two newly orphaned girls are
De dood is een zware klus
De oude Syri r Abd al Latief heeft een laatste wens hij wil begraven worden in zijn geboortedorp Op zijn sterfbed vraagt hij zijn zoon Boelboel hem daarheen te brengen Voor Boelboel zit er niets anders op samen met zijn broer Hoessein en zijn zus Fatima gaat hij na hun vaders dood op weg In een
An Extraordinary Union (The Loyal League, #1)
As the Civil War rages between the states, a courageous pair of spies plunge fearlessly into a maelstrom of ignorance, deceit, and danger, combining their unique skills to alter the course of history and break the chains of the past .Elle Burns is a former slave with a passion for justice and an
Hymns of the Republic: The Story of the Final Year of the American Civil War
From the New York Times bestselling and award winning author of Empire of the Summer Moon and Rebel Yell comes a masterwork of history Lawrence Wright, author of God Save Texas , the spellbinding, epic account of the last year of the Civil War.The fourth and final year of the Civil War offers one
Varina
In his powerful fourth novel, Charles Frazier returns to the time and place of Cold Mountain, vividly bringing to life the chaos and devastation of the Civil War With her marriage prospects limited, teenage Varina Howell agrees to wed the much older widower Jefferson Davis, with whom she expects a
Imperfect Union: How Jessie and John Frémont Mapped the West, Invented Celebrity, and Helped Cause the Civil War
Steve Inskeep tells the riveting story of John and Jessie Fr mont, the husband and wife team who in the 1800s were instrumental in the westward expansion of the United States, and thus became America s first great political couple In 1813, John Fr mont was born a nobody His mother conceived him out
A Hope Divided (The Loyal League, #2)
The Civil War has turned neighbor against neighbor but for one scientist spy and her philosopher soldier, war could bind them together For three years of the War Between the States, Marlie Lynch has helped the cause in peace with coded letters about anti Rebel uprisings in her Carolina
Mercer Girls
It s 1864 in downtrodden Lowell, Massachusetts The Civil War has taken its toll on the town leaving the economy in ruin and its women in dire straits That is, until Asa Mercer arrives on a peculiar, but providential, errand he seeks high minded women who can exert an elevating influence in
The Lost Order (Cotton Malone, #12)
The Lost Order continues renowned New York Times top 5 bestseller Steve Berry s Cotton Malone series with another riveting, history based thriller The Knights of the Golden Circle, founded on July 4, 1854, was the largest, most dangerous clandestine organization in American history It formulated
Leadership: In Turbulent Times
Are leaders born or made Where does ambition come from How does adversity affect the growth of leadership Does the leader make the times or do the times make the leader In Leadership, Goodwin draws upon the four presidents she has studied most closely Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt,
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
In the four most bloody and courageous days of our nation s history, two armies fought for two dreams One dreamed of freedom, the other of a way of life Far than rifles and bullets were carried into battle There were memories There were promises There was love And far than men fell
Gone with the Wind
Scarlett O Hara, the beautiful, spoiled daughter of a well to do Georgia plantation owner, must use every means at her disposal to claw her way out of the poverty she finds herself in after Sherman s March to the Sea.