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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
What Is the What What Is the What Dave Eggers What Is the What is the epic novel based on the life of Valentino Achak Deng who, along with thousands of other children--the so-called Lost Boys--was forced to leave his village in Sudan at the age … OL114663W
House of spies House of spies Margaret Whitman Blair Swept back to 1861 through the medium of Civil War photographs, Rob and Sarah find themselves in Washington, D.C., just after the Battle of Manassas and are arrested as enemy spies. OL15276463W
The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain The Complete Humorous Sketches and Tales of Mark Twain Charles Neider,Mark Twain Curing a cold -- Aurelia's unfortunate young man -- Information for the million -- The killing of Julius Caesar "localized" -- Lucretia Smith's soldier -- A touching story of George Washington's boyh… OL15289884W
How few remain How few remain Harry Turtledove From the master of alternate history comes an epic of the Second Civil War. It was an epoch of glory and success, of disaster and despair. Twenty years after the South won the Civil War, America writ… OL16540W
After This After This Alice McDermott On a wild, windy April day in Manhattan, when Mary first meets John Keane, she cannot know what lies ahead of her. A marriage, a fleeting season of romance, and the birth of four children will bring … OL1980253W
From Slave to Soldier From Slave to Soldier Deborah Hopkinson A boy who hates being a slave joins the Union Army to fight for freedom, and proves himself brave and capable of handling a mule team when the need arises. OL42613W
Andersonville Andersonville MacKinlay Kantor "The greatest of our Civil War novels." - The New York Times The 1955 Pulitzer Prize winning story of the Andersonville Fortress and its use as a concentration camp-like prison by the South during… OL4307803W
Short stories Short stories E. L. Doctorow One of America's premier writers, the bestselling author of Ragtime, Billy Bathgate, The Book of Daniel, and World's Fair turns his astonishing narrative powers to the short story in five dazzling ex… OL55228W
The Golden Age The Golden Age Gore Vidal **From Amazon.com:** **The Golden Age** is Vidal's crowning achievement, a vibrant tapestry of American political and cultural life from 1939 to 1954, when the epochal events of World War II and t… OL7974912W
Fire Along the Sky Fire Along the Sky Sara Donati,Sara Donati With epic sweep and breathtaking adventure, Sara Donati's bestselling saga of an Early American family's struggle for survival in the Northeast wilderness continues with the story of an indomitable w… OL92416W