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Journals of Corrie Belle Hollister volume 6
Pub. Date
c1992
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Corrie turns to God for help when her invitation to visit Washington and help with Abraham Lincoln's reelection campaign results in her discovery of a plot that could change the course of the nation forever.
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"Will Kiehn is an 'ordinary man,' seemingly destined for life as a humble farmer in the Midwest, when, having felt a call from God, he moves to the vast North China Plain in 1906. There he is surprised by love and weds a strong and determined fellow missionary, Katherine, who is also a dedicated nurse. Early in their marriage Will and Katherine find themselves witnesses to the crumbling of a more than two-thousand-year old dynasty, which plunges the...
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Between two flags volume 2
Pub. Date
c1998
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Gideon and Emily find their lives intertwined with that of a slave boy who is attempting to escape to the North.
66) Booth: a novel
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"From the Man Booker finalist and bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves comes an epic novel about the family behind one of the most infamous figures in American history: John Wilkes Booth"--
In 1822, a secret family moves into a secret cabin some thirty miles northeast of Baltimore, to farm, to hide, and to bear ten children over the course of the next sixteen years. Junius Booth—breadwinner, celebrated Shakespearean actor,...
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"The Civil War is over. The future of the American West is up for grabs. Any man crazy enough to lead a herd of Texas longhorns to the north stands to make a fortune--and make history. That man would be Nelson Story. A bold entrepreneur and miner, he knows a golden opportunity when he sees one. But it won't be easy. Cowboys and bandits got guns, farmers got sick livestock, and the Army's got their own reasons to stop the drive. Even worse, Story's...
68) Jayhawker
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1995
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In the early years of the Civil War, teenage Kansan farm boy Lije Tulley becomes a Jayhawker, an abolitionist raider freeing slaves from the neighboring state of Missouri, and then goes undercover there as a spy.
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Dan y Roque volume 2
Pub. Date
2014
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The DaVinci Code meets the Wild West. A band of friends searches for hidden treasure in a quest that will involve solving all the archaeological mysteries of the Southwest. Around them the great battles of the Civil War rage and roar as three sets of adversaries pursue them intent on murder, mayhem, and the prize. Meanwhile, Dan must decide if he loves Dona Loca enough to marry her.
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2014
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Throw Salt on the Water tells the story of two young friends thrust into making decisions regarding their personal friendship and faith by finding themselves on opposite sides of the US Civil War. A novel of historical fiction. Follow these two as they move from boyhood transformed by the crucible of war into men.
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Jeston Nash bears a striking resemblance to his cousin, Jesse James of Missouri. After killing a Yankee soldier in self-defense, Jeston joins cousins Jesse and Frank to fight in Quantrills guerrilla forces. Later, he rides with the James-Younger gang as they invent their special brand of bank and train robbery. All the while, Jeston seeks vengeance against Daniel Zanone of the Free Kansas Militia--the man responsible for the death of his child.
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The president of the United States stands on an outdoor stage, flanked by powerful members of his administration and party. Television crews are preparing for broadcast. High above the stage, on a nearby rooftop, a decorated sniper adjusts the scope on his rifle.Afterwards, America will never be the same.Jake Grafton and Tommy Carmellini suddenly find themselves on the wrong side of the law when a public act of violence throws the country into chaos...
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2022.
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"Cadenza is the City of Words, a city run by poets, its skyline dominated by the steepled towers of its libraries ... Carlo Mazzoni, a young wordsmith, arrives at the city gates intent on making his name as the bells ring out with the news of the death of the city's poet-leader. Instead, he finds himself embroiled with the intrigues of a city in turmoil ... A war that threatens not only to destroy Cadenza but remove it from history altogether."--
74) A rambling man
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Lucas Cain volume 1
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"Captured in the last year of the Civil War, Lucas Cain becomes a POW in the infamous Andersonville prison. There he learns how to survive the cruelty of the Confederate guards, and the perfidy of a few who are prisoners themselves. When the war ends, Lucas and over 2,000 others crowd aboard the riverboat Sultana, which was built to carry cargo, not men. After an unforeseen event occurs, Lucas finds himself further adrift. Returning home to Cape Girardeau,...
76) Breath and bone
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Pub. Date
2009
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Addicted to an enchantment that turns pain into pleasure and bound by oaths he refuses to abandon,Valen, a rebellious sorcerer, risks body and soul to rescue one child, seek justice for another, and bring a dying land its rightful king.--From publisher description.
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Pub. Date
1999
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Four friends encounter danger, intrigue, and adventure when they meet on Racoon Island off the Savannah coast in an attempt to find the treasure reportedly buried by Confederate captain Patrick Driscoll and his friend and servant, Shadrack Bryant, over one hundred years earlier in the midst of a Union attack.
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Georgia, 1864: Sherman's army marches from Atlanta to the sea. In its path, the charming old city of Savannah where the Lester ladies -- attractive widowed Sara and her feisty twelve-year-old daughter Hattie -- struggle to save the family rice plantation. When Sherman offers the conquered city to President Lincoln as "a Christmas gift," Hattie and the feared general find themselves on a collision course that will astonish both of them.In this rousing...