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"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked by the loss of their only son to the war, hire the brothers to work their farm, hoping through an unexpected friendship to stanch their grief. Prentiss and Landry, meanwhile, plan to save money for the journey north and a chance to reunite with their mother,...
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Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
349 p. : map ; 24 cm.
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The story of two different families, headed by a former slave and by a Quaker, who settle in Texas during the Civil War.
In 1863, as the War Between the States creeps inevitably toward its bloody conclusion, former Kentucky slave Britt Johnson ventures west into unknown territory with this wife, Mary, and their three children, searching for a life and a future. But their dreams are abruptly shattered by a brutal Indian raid upon the Johnsons' settlement...
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
539 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
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Sitting in a jail cell on the eve of his hanging, April 1, 1875, freedman Persimmon "Persy" Wilson wants nothing more than to leave some record of the truth?his truth. He may be guilty, but not of what he stands accused: the kidnapping and rape of his former master?s wife. In 1860, Persy had been sold to Sweetmore, a Louisiana sugar plantation, alongside a striking, light-skinned house slave named Chloe. Their deep and instant connection fueled a...
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Guardian series (Mary Jo Putney) volume 3
Publisher
Del Rey/Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
333 p. ; 25 cm.
5) The Buchmans
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Sagebrush Large Print Westerns
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
243 p. (large print) ; 25 cm.
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"The Civil War is over, though for Jupiter Smith, a former slave and Union soldier, many battles still lie ahead. He returns to the plantation he worked on before the war in search of his woman, but rather finds his old master gone mad, haunting the ruins like a ghost. Out of pity for the now mentally ill Colonel, Jupiter strangles him and heads west to seek a new life in San Francisco. When the Colonel's son, Confederate soldier Archer Smith, arrives...
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Park Row Books
Pub. Date
2019.
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339 pages ; 24 cm
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It's 1924 South Carolina, and the region is still recovering from the infamous boll weevil infestation which devastated the land and the economy. Gertrude, a mother of four, must make an unconscionable decision to save her daughters from starvation or die at the hands of an abusive husband. Retta is navigating a harsh world as a first-generation freed slave, still employed by the Coleses, influential plantation proprietors who once owned her family....
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California chronicles (Daniel Alef) volume 1
Publisher
MaxIt Pub
Pub. Date
c2000
Physical Desc
588 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Bregdan Chronicles volume 3
Publisher
Bregdan Publishing
Pub. Date
©2010.
Physical Desc
485 pages ; 21 cm.
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"As her beloved city of Richmond is transformed into a deadly Civil War battlefield, spirited Carrie Cromwell puts her medical skills to work in a Confederate hospital. While she fights to save unknown soldiers, the one she cares about the most is lost to her. Meanwhile in the North, Carrie's dear friends, former slaves Rose and Moses, have found freedom at last -- only to be separated by war. Can Moses, now a Union spy, elude those who are searching...
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Bregdan Chronicles volume 6
Publisher
Bregdan Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
521 pages ; 21 cm.
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"America struggles to rebuild in the aftermath of Lincoln's assassination. Promises will be broken, and everyone you have grown to love will be asked to pay a high price to make freedom for the slaves more than just a mockery. Robert fights to emerge from the darkness as Carrie risks everything to bring him back to her. Moses is offered the opportunity of a lifetime, while Rose returns to her roots with a dream that will change everything. Matthew...
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Pub. Date
[2014]
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One of a handful of lawyers in the new state of Oregon, recently widowed Matthew Penny agrees to help Worthy Brown, a newly freed slave, rescue his fifteen year old daughter, Roxanne, from their former master, a powerful Portland lawyer. Worthy's lawsuit sets in motion events that lead to Worthy's arrest for murder and create an agonizing moral dilemma that could send either Worthy or Matthew to the hangman.
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Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 418 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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I had little right to live, born on a slave ship where my parents both died. But I survived, and indeed, you might say I did more." It's 1746 and Georgian London is not a safe place for a young Black man, especially one who has escaped slavery. After the twinkling lights in the Fleet Street coffee shops are blown out and the great houses have closed their doors for the night, Sancho must dodge slave catchers and worse. The man he hoped would help...
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Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
xi, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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"Josephine N. Leary is determined to build a life of her own, and a future for her family. When she moves to Edenton, North Carolina from the plantation where she was born, she is free, newly married, and ready to follow her dreams. As the demands of lifepull Josephine's attention-deepening her marriage, mothering her daughters, supporting her grandmother-she struggles to balance her real estate aspirations with the realities of keeping life going...
17) Beasts of war
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Series
Beasts of prey volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
442 pages : color illustration ; 22 cm.
Description
"Once a prisoner to Fedu, the vengeful god of death, Koffi has regained her freedom, but she is far from safe. Fedu will stop at nothing to hunt her down and use her power to decimate the mortal world. Koffi knows when Fedu will strike: during the next Bonding, a once-in-a-lifetime celestial event. To survive, Koffi will have to find powerful new allies quickly, and convince them to help her in the terrible battle to come. Once a warrior-turned-runaway,...
18) The winter queen
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Series
Elizabeth of Bohemia trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
307 p. ; 22 cm.
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