Realistic American Historical Fiction
Explore the best realistic American historical fiction books. Immerse yourself in authentic stories set in pivotal moments of U.S. history, from colonial times to the 20th century.
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Candle in the Darkness
by Lynn N. Austin
A gripping Civil War novel told from the unique perspective of a plantation owner's daughter who joins the Abolitionists.
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Christy
by Catherine Marshall
In the year 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves home to teach school in the Smoky Mountains -- and comes to know and love the resilient …
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North and South
by John Jakes
Part one of the #1 New York Times bestselling North and South Trilogy—the Civil War saga that inspired the classic television miniseries North and South—with …
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Hudson
by Helen Lee Poole
Abby Brewster, a brave New Englander, falls in love with Edward Fournet, a French adventurer, after Abby's family is killed during an Indian raid
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Centennial
by James A. Michener
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Written to commemorate the Bicentennial in 1976, James A. Michener’s magnificent saga of the West is an enthralling celebration of the frontier. Brimming …
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True Women
by Janice Woods Windle
Alive and pulsating with the events of our history, TRUE WOMEN tells the story of two dynastic family lines in Texas, the Kings and the …
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Lake in the Clouds
by Sara Donati
In her extraordinary novels Into the Wilderness and Dawn on a Distant Shore, award-winning writer Sara Donati deftly captured the vast, untamed wilderness of late-eighteenth-century …
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Sacred Ground
by Barbara Wood
Two thousand years ago, there was a great bay and a peaceful land filled with sage, citrus trees, and pine. And there was a tribe …
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From where the Sun Now Stands
by Will Henry
This Spur Award-winning novel tells of the 113 days in the summer of 1877 when Chief Joseph reluctantly led his people in a rear-guard action …
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Fearless
by Lucia St. Clair Robson
A novel on Sarah Bowman, the six-foot heroine of the 1840s Mexican War. She signs on as laundress and cook with General Zachary Taylor's army, …
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Shadow Patriots
by Lucia St. Clair Robson
In July of 1776, the American colonies are ablaze with passion as the people of the new nation choose between their king and an uncertain …
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Mary's Land
by Lucia St. Clair Robson
A historical novel on the colonization of Maryland in the 17th Century. It follows the fortunes of immigrants, among them a wealthy noblewoman fleeing the …