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Criminal investigation Fiction Diphtheria Wisconsin Friendship Fiction Large type books Murder Fiction Ranchers Fiction Revenge Fiction United States History 1865-1898 Fiction United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Fiction United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans Fiction Voyages and travels FictionSlaughter, Frank P.
Summary: Two generations removed from Will Castor, the haunted veteran of the Civil War’s Battle of Chickamauga, the Castors have become a prominent family in the mining town of Ishpeming, Michigan. When a conflict even greater than the War Between the States breaks out in Europe, two of the Castor boys answer the call: John, a shy, studious young man whom the other Marines call “Teach,” and Matt, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Slaughter 2016Slaughter, Frank P.
Summary: "Echoes of Distant Thunder is a breathtaking saga that begins with the crushing Union defeat on the final day of the Battle of Chickamauga and ends with a life or death confrontation between two sworn enemies in the virgin pine forests of Northern Michigan. This is not the kind of Civil War novel we have come to expect. This book shows us the war in stunning detail through the eyes of a twenty...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arbutus Press 2011
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Slaughter 2011Slaughter, Frank P.
Summary: Will Castor serves in Battery D, 1st Regiment, Michigan Light Artillery, sending shells into the ranks of Confederate infantry whenever he’s ordered to do so. When his unit’s position is overrun at the Battle of Chickamauga, Will witnesses and commits ghastly horrors to survive the day. Separated from his army and incapacitated with a broken leg, he hooks up with a Confederate deserter who...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mission Point Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SLAWolfe, Ethan J
Summary: "President Chester Arthur calls semi-retired Murphy back to duty when, with a pending meeting of world leaders in New York City, prostitutes are being murdered and dismembered in the streets. Arthur's special assistant William Burke travels to New York with Murphy where Murphy is given authorization to take command of the investigation. So important is the meeting with world leaders to Arthur...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOLFleming, Thomas.
Summary: In 1865, rebellious Bess Fitzmaurice falls for Dan McCaffrey, an American involved in the Fenian revolt against British tyranny, and, along with her brother, Michael, joins him on his return to America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLEBoggs, Johnny D.
Summary: "Pierce Braden was six when his father left Texas to fight for the Confederacy. When his father returns after the war refusing to talk about it, Pierce thinks he must be a coward until he learns the truth during an Indian raid"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2016
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BOGJiles, Paulette
Summary: "Union soldier John Chenneville suffered a traumatic head wound in battle. His recovery took the better part of a year as he struggled to regain his senses and mobility. By the time he returned home, the Civil War was over, but tragedy awaited. John's beloved sister and her family had been brutally murdered. Their killer goes by many names. He fought for the North in the late unpleasantness,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction JilesWolfe, Ethan J
Summary: Ranchers across the west report large numbers of cattle stolen and the problem has become so large they refuse to drive their herds to market in the fall. The cattle industry is a large part of the American economy and stock market and if the cattle industry fails the market will collapse and send the country into a deep recession. The Cattlemen's Association turns to Washington for help and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star Publishing 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WOLO'Nan, Stewart
Summary: A diphtheria epidemic breaks out in a small town in post-Civil War Wisconsin and as people die Jacob Hansen, the community's sheriff and pastor, buries the dead and burns buildings. A study in tragedy and grief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1999