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A ride into morning A ride into morning Ann Rinaldi When unrest spreads at the Revolutionary War camp in Morristown, New Jersey, under the command of General Anthony Wayne, a young woman cleverly hides her horse from the mutinous soldiers who have nee… OL112475W
Love of Life and Other Stories Love of Life and Other Stories Jack London Jack, an Alaska gold rush-era miner, is abandoned by his partner and left to make his way through the wilderness alone. Starving and injured, he struggles physically and spiritually to come to grips … OL144791W
Signals in the Sky (Time Spies #5) Signals in the Sky (Time Spies #5) Candice F. Ransom Whisked back to 1863 Virginia with the aid of a magical spyglass, the three Chapman children meet real-life Civil War spy, John Doyle. OL15049017W
The year of the bomb The year of the bomb Ronald Kidd In 1955 California, as "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" is filmed in their hometown, thirteen-year-old Arnie discovers a real enemy when he and three friends go against a young government agent deter… OL15122474W
Mariposa Mariposa Greg Bear,Charles Leggett In this near-future thriller, three FBI agents take on the Talos Corporation and its plan to destroy the government and constitutional law by means of a treatment program code-named Mariposa. OL15273821W
Brothers at war Brothers at war Margaret Whitman Blair Rob and Jamie, brothers who are opposites and who are both involved in a Civil War reenactment, find themselves transported back in time to the actual Antietam campaign in 1862. OL15276461W
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
With Wolfe in Canada; or, Winning of a continent With Wolfe in Canada; or, Winning of a continent G. A. Henty When young James Walsham leaves England unexpectedly in 1755 and finds himself in America fighting in the French and Indian War, he discovers that he must still contend with the treachery of his old … OL1794549W
The gift of the Magi and other stories The gift of the Magi and other stories O. Henry An illustrated collection of fourteen short stories reflecting various aspects of American life at the turn of the nineteenth century. OL181943W
Never call retreat Never call retreat Newt Gingrich New York Times bestselling authors Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen conclude their inventive trilogy with this remarkable answer to the great “what if” of the American Civil War: Could the Sout… OL1868239W
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
Sergeant Lamb's America Sergeant Lamb's America Robert Graves An historical novel based on the memoirs of Roger Lamb, a Irish soldier who fought in the British army during the American Revolutionary War. Originally published as *Sergeant Lamb of the Ninth*. OL5036903W
The river between us The river between us 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. OL55367W
Ivy Ivy Larry G. Morgan "This volume is a sequel to Ivy : Yankee sweetheart, rebel nurse. The sequel explores the relationship between Ivy and Joseph Morgan"--Provided by publisher. OL5820675W
The Caine Mutiny The Caine Mutiny Herman Wouk Winner of the Pulitzer Prize this atmospheric novel tells the story in flashback of a mutiny aboard a United States minesweeper during WW2. The murky events of the mutiny emerge during a court-martia… OL729147W
The deerslayer The deerslayer James Fenimore Cooper The Deerslayer is the last book in Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales pentalogy, but acts as a prequel to the other novels. It begins with the rapid civilizing of New York, in which surrounds the followi… OL77950W
The Golden Fleece The Golden Fleece Julian Hawthorne The professor crossed one long, lean leg over the other, and punched down the ashes in his pipe-bowl with the square tip of his middle finger. The thermometer on the shady veranda marked eighty-seve… OL8538086W
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