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by Louis Bayard
Published Feb 2020
Read ReviewsFrom the prizewinning author of Mr. Timothy and The Pale Blue Eye comes Courting Mr. Lincoln, the page-turning and surprising story of a young Abraham Lincoln and the two people who loved him best: a sparky, marriageable Mary Todd and Lincoln's best friend, Joshua Speed.
by Robin Oliveira
Published Feb 2019
Read ReviewsFrom the New York Times bestselling author of My Name Is Mary Sutter comes a rich and compelling historical novel about the disappearance of two young girls after a cataclysmic blizzard, and what happens when their fate is discovered.
by Gaynor Arnold
Published Aug 2010
Read ReviewsA sweeping tale of love and loss, Girl in a Blue Dress is both an intimate peek at the woman who was behind one of literatures most esteemed men and a fascinating rumination on marriage that will resonate across centuries.
by Johanna Moran
Published Feb 2010
Read ReviewsExploring the intricacies of marriage, the construction of family, the changing world of the late 1800s, and the strength of two remarkable women, Johanna Moran turns this unusual familys story into an unforgettable page-turning drama.
by Martha A. Sandweiss
Published Jan 2010
Read ReviewsThe secret double life of the man who mapped the American West and the woman he loved
by Brian Hall
Published Apr 2009
Read ReviewsA fascinating and exquisitely written novel about the art and life of Robert Frost.
by Marianne Wiggins
Published Jun 2008
Read ReviewsThe Shadow Catcher dramatically inhabits the space where past and present intersect, seamlessly interweaving narratives from two different eras: the first fraught passion between turn-of-the-twentieth-century icon Edward Curtis (1868-1952) and his muse-wife, Clara; and a twenty-first-century journey of redemption.
by Nancy Horan
Published Apr 2008
Read ReviewsAn exceptional first novel based on the life of Mamah Borthwick Cheney and her clandestine love affair with famous architect Frank Lloyd Wright.
by Gail Collins
Published Sep 2004
Read ReviewsA landmark work of history telling the story of more than four centuries of history featuring a stunning array of personalities.
by Lalita Tademy
Published Apr 2002
Read ReviewsAn epic novel of four generations of African-American women based on one family's meticulously researched past.
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