Fiction about small American wars that had a big impact on the country's history.
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French and Indian War of 1754 to 1763
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The Last of the Mohicans
James Fenimore Cooper - Penguin Classics
Format: Paperback
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Cooper's most enduringly popular novel combines heroism and romance with powerful criticism of the destruction of nature and tradition. Set against the French and Indian siege of Fort William Henry in 1757, The Last of the Mohicans recounts the story of two sisters, Cora and Alice... |
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Northwest Passage
Kenneth Roberts - Doubleday
Format: Book
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Told through the eyes of primary character Langdon Towne, much of this novel centers around the exploits and character of Robert Rogers, the leader of Rogers' Rangers, who were a colonial force fighting with the British during the French and Indian War.
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The Frontiersmen: A Narrative
Allan W. Eckert - Jesse Stuart Foundation; Rpt edition
Format: Paperback
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The frontiersmen were a remarkable breed of men. They were often rough and illiterate, sometimes brutal and vicious, often seeking an escape in the wilderness of mid-America from crimes committed back east. In the beautiful but deadly country which would one day come to be known as West... |
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Bellewether
Susanna Kearsley - Sourcebooks Landmark
Format: Paperback
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"The house, when I first saw it, seemed intent on guarding what it knew; but we all learned, by the end of it, that secrets aren't such easy things to keep." It's late summer, war is raging, and families are torn apart by divided loyalties and deadly secrets. In this... |
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War of 1812
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The Solitary Envoy
T. Davis Bunn - Bethany House Publishers
Format: Hardcover
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Book 1 of Heirs of Acadia, continuing the story told in the bestselling Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn Song of Acadia series. Erica Langston's comfortable home and loving family living near Washington, D.C., carry no outward hint of the sorrows and fears faced by her Acadian forebears,... |
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Fire Along the Sky
Sara Donati - Dell
Format: Book
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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 woman and an unforgettable journey of redemption across a young nation threatened... |
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A Darker Sea: Master Commandant Putnam and the War of 1812
James L Haley - G.P. Putnam's Sons
Format: Book
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The second installment of the gripping naval saga by award-winning historian James L. Haley, featuring Commander Bliven Putnam, chronicling the build up to the biggest military conflict between the United States and Britain after the Revolution - the War of 1812. At the opening of the War of 1812,... |
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Whispers from the Shadows
Roseanna M. White - Harvest House Publishers
Format: Paperback
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This exciting and adventurous romantic spy novel is the second book in a new series from Roseanna M. White. Whispers from the Shadows combines fascinating cloak-and-dagger secrets with a tale of love and intrigue during the War of 1812. Treachery causes Gwyneth Fairchild's world... |
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Crimson Harvest
Phil Dunlap - Five Star Publishing
Format: Hardcover
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In the Indiana Territory at the beginning of the War of 1812, a powerful war chief of the Shawnee tribe clings desperately to his hold on all the lands he sees as his. He has a hatred for the American settlers that he sees as invaders. He sides with the British in the conflict and musters... |
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Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848
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A Sinister Splendor: A Mexican War Novel
Mike Blakely - Forge Books
Format: Hardcover
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Pairing extensive research with a brilliance for reviving the past in gripping narrative, Spur Award-winning author Mike Blakely has penned an epic, historical novelization of the Mexican-American War in A Sinister Splendor1845. Texas joins the union. Mexico threatens war over the disputed... |
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St. Patrick's Battalion: A Novel of the Mexican-American War
James Alexander Thom - Blue River Press; 0002- edition
Format: Paperback
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They were proud and doomed, Irish rogue cannoneers under a green silk banner, fighting against their former comrades-in-arms to defend Catholic Mexico against the invading U.S. Army. Their choices were to win, die in battle, or hang as deserters. To the Mexicans they were heroic saviors,... |
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A Line in the Sand (The Kane Legacy #1)
Al Lacy - Multnomah
Format: Paperback
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The Kane Legacy: faith, love, courage, and strength. In nineteenth-century Texas, theyre going to need it. In 1835, Alan Kane and his family come to the Circle C Ranch in Texas, little dreaming what the future holds in both blessing and danger. Beautiful Julia Miller, daughter of a Louisiana... |
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