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New England, 1643. In a walled English village crouched at the edge of a wilderness believed to be haunted by monsters and devil-worshipping savages, Will Poole chafes against the constraints of Puritan society and is visited by strange hallucinations that fill him with unease. Hunting in the forest, he encounters Squamiset, an enigmatic native elder whose influence will open the door to possibilities well beyond the narrow existence his upbringing...
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Set near and on Lake Ontario in the 1750s, The Pathfinder is chronologically the third installation of James Fenimore Cooper's gripping Leatherstocking Tales. While the French Indian War rages on, Mabel, a nineteen-year-old young woman, is travelling to see her father, Sergeant Thomas Dunham. Accompanied by her uncle and two Native Americans, Smashing Arrows and June Dew, Mabel treks through the dense forests of upstate New York, towards her father's...
3) The prairie
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Taking place just a few years after the Louisiana Purchase, The Prairie follows Ishmael and Esther Bush as they travel west from the Mississippi River with their fourteen children, Ellen Wade, a doctor, and Esther's brother. While searching for a place to camp, the group meets Natty Bumppo, a legendary man now in his late eighties. Referred to as "the trapper" Natty helps the family settle somewhere safe. Later, as he roams through the forest, he...
4) Croatoan
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I am an ardent student of American history, as a matter of fact, that most colonists came here chasing a dream or more strongly we came chasing the essence of love, either in search of or escape from. This, then begs a closer examination of what this term "love" truly is. If we take the Biblical description of "love", which is probably what most colonists had for reference, then we find Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not...
5) The Pioneers
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Set in 1793 and 1794, The Pioneers tracks the changes of a small town called Templeton, built on the advancing frontier of New York. Natty Bumppo, a hero raised by Native Americans, lives in a cabin, secluded in a forest near Templeton. As the Christmas Eve snow falls, Natty, more commonly known as Leatherstocking, embarks on a tense hunt for a deer. As he tracks the deer down, he runs into Judge Marmaduke Temple, the man who founded the town of Temple....
6) The Spy
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As tension begins to grow in America during the revolution, Mr. Wharton, a British sympathizer, moves his family to his county estate named "The Locusts," with the intention to avoid any political conflict. Located in Westchester County, New York, the area was considered a common ground for patriots and loyalists. However, action starts to stir in the neutral town when an enigmatic man shows up at Mr. Wharton's home. Hoping for shelter from the severe...
7) The Tory
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2020 Society of Voice Arts Awards Winner
His King or His Conscience…which will he choose?
It is the winter of 1776, and Captain John Carlisle, one of His Majesty's not-so-finest, has gone back to the scene of the crime to right a wrong so dark it left a permanent stain on what was once an illustrious career and left a man broken, defeated, in search of justice…
In an effort to win back his commission, he must discover the true nature...
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La isla de Guadalupe en los años cuarenta podía ser un lugar paradisíaco, con el mar tan azul, el bullicio de las calles, su olor a especias, azúcar y ron, pero también el escenario de la discriminación racial, la miseria y la inevitable emigración a la metrópoli. A través de los recuerdos de los personajes, Bulle reconstruye una historia familiar ligada al pasado colonial y protagonizada por mujeres fuertes e independientes.
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Jem and Kisis were found guilty and sentenced. Jem would have to spend five years in the Royal Navy rather than spend five years in jail. Would he stay alive from the cruel life aboard a Man Of War? Kisis, free as a native Chowanoc, would become an indentured servant to pay off the debt for the destruction they were accused of. Would she be able to serve the family whose son caused the destruction they were found guilty of? Would their love last apart...
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Pennsylvania, 1776: The British were the least of his problems...As the British close in on Philadelphia, trouble at home and a fight with Congress culminate in the worst night of Isaac Melcher's life. Can he recover his honor and his marriage before both are lost forever-and help prevent the Revolution from being crushed by the Crown? The Will is the Pennsylvania volume in the Tales From a Revolution series, in which each standalone novel explores...
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Unlike his father, Gordon Beckwith doesn't think Benedict Arnold was bum. Traitor yes, but Arnold was Washington's best commander. Gordon loves working as summer intern at the State House. Renovations in the basement of the building have unearthed a time capsule. Amidst the findings is a black key. A trip to the basement aroused feelings Gordon hoped would never resurface. Using the key, he discovers a tunnel that transports him back to Revolutionary...
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Revolutionary War veteran sharpshooter Stephen Davis searches for the reality of the old saying. that all it takes is, "Two people and a piece of ground."Revolutionary War veteran sharpshooter Stephen Davis searches for the reality of the old saying, that all it takes is, "Two people and a piece of ground." He finds himself caught in a web of violent criminal activity instead, is hunted, must use his deadly skills too often. All while courting a planter's...
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Enero de 1807, los ingleses todavía merodean en el estuario del Río de la Plata.
Montevideo se encuentra sitiada y pronto caerá en poder de los invasores amenazando la conquista de todo el virreinato.
Un inesperado encuentro y una misión alteran los planes del oficial de dragones Hipólito Mondine.
Océano por medio, en la agitada Francia imperial, otros sucesos lo arrastrarán hacia lo desconocido y aterrador de su propia historia.
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In the annals of history, there are tales of courage, sacrifice, and unwavering devotion to the cause of liberty. The Herkimer Affairs is one such story-a testament to the indomitable spirit of the Mohawk Valley and its residents during the tumultuous days of the American Revolution. Through the pages of this book, we journey back in time to a land gripped by conflict, where ordinary men and women rose to become heroes in the crucible of war. Led...
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For thousands of years two distinct cultures evolved unaware of one another's existence. Separated by what one culture called The Great Sea and known to the other as the Atlantic Ocean, the course of each culture's future changed irreversibly four hundred years ago. In 1620 the Mayflower delivered 102 refugees and fortune seekers from England to Cape Cod, where these two cultures first encountered one another. The English sought religious freedom...
16) The Storm
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When a hurricane threatens the only home she has ever known, a girl and her grandmother must work together to save what they can. During the storm they take refuge in a cave, as the island suffers a direct hit from the storm. She and her grandmother form a bond and her grandmother shares stories of her life in Scotland, before they came to the island. They are alone on the island for weeks waiting on the girl's father and his men to return. The aftermath...
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Sally Townsend, of Loyalist Oyster Bay, Long Island, walks a tightrope of allegiances. While appearing neutral, she secretly helps the Patriot cause. When the dashing British Officer, Lt. Colonel John Graves Simcoe, moves into her home, Sally is taken with the handsome, though sometimes ruthless officer. Simcoe is immediately infatuated with the beautiful Sally and proposes marriage. She wants to accept until she discovers he's at the head of a plot...
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This is an intentionally fictional account of the American Revolutionary War traitor, Benedict Arnold. I have taken what I could learn from the historical records and woven a fictional story around those records. In fact, there are lessons to be learned from this man.Success is not always a sign of greatness.Success without humility might lead to a terrible fall.The pursuit of happiness and the pursuit of success are not often the same. Choose wisely.The...
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Storm of the Shawnee is a sequel to Stephen Challis' Wildcat Mountain; set 5 years after the battle of Blue Licks, William and Becky have married and have a 5-year-old son, Billy. They have settled in the small outpost of Little Mountain in the Virginia County of Kentucky. While attending a wedding for frontier scout, Simon Kenton, William and Becky have their son kidnapped in a raid by the Shawnee Chief, Blue Jacket, bringing the War on the Frontier...
20) Till I Come Home
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Nominated for the Eric Hoffer Award for Excellence in Independent Publishing
Awarded 5-Stars from Readers' Favorite
Boston, 1763 the Seven Year war is ending, but what Eliza doesn't know is a new war is coming, a conflict that could threaten everything and everyone she loves. Come on this journey with her as she tries to find her way in this rapidly changing world of war and intrigue which tests her loyalty and love. Can she protect her family while...
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