This sequel to Donald McCaig's Civil War novel "Jacob's ladder" delivers a saga of Reconstruction America from Lee's 1865 surrender at Appomattox to Custer's 1876 massacre at Little Big Horn....
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Author: McCaig, DonaldSummary:
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Author: Coleman, CarterSummary:
Cage, Nick, and Harper Rutledge are the sons of an Episcopalian minister and his faithfl housewife. Cage is the golden boy, Nick is slow to blossom but full of potential, and the youngest, Harper...
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Author: Gay, WilliamSummary:
In his debut collection, Gay brings to life 13 stories about a diverse group of colorful characters living in the fertile Tennessee country land.
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Author: Holmes, JuliaSummary:
Ben has just returned from a war waged against a nameless enemy. To avoid being nabbed by police and forced to work in a factory, he'll need to find a wife. But to do that, he must wear a bachelor...
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Author: Cobb, William J.Summary:Genre: Dystopian fiction
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Author: Le May, AlanSummary:
When Martin Pauley and Amos Edwards return to their Texas homestead to find a burning ruin, they set out to find Amos' missing daughter--and exact revenge on the Comanche responsible for the...
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Author: McCarthy, CormacSummary:
White picks the site of a subway station, on his birthday, to end his life. Black, an ex-con with newfound faith, ends up saving White and bringing him back to his apartment. There the two engage...
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Author: Johnstone, William W.Summary:
Busted out of prison by an outlaw friend, Flintlock joins a fortune hunt for a golden bell hanging in a remote Arizona monastery. But between the smoldering ruin of his former jail cell and the...
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Author: Moore, SusannaSummary:
A crime of unfathomable horror has a ripple-like effect on four profoundly different souls. Helen, a troubled inmate at Sloatsburg women's prison, is serving a life sentence for the murder of her...
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Author: Burke, James LeeSummary:
A young Kentucky miner grows up in the Appalachian Mountains, where he's torn between his family and the lure of the city.
Genre: Bildungsromans