Jiles, Paulette

Summary: "In the aftermath of the Civil War, an aging itinerant news reader agrees to transport a young captive of the Kiowa back to her people in this exquisitely rendered, morally complex, multilayered novel of historical fiction from the author of Enemy Women that explores the boundaries of family, responsibility, honor, and trust.In the wake of the Civil War, Captain Jefferson Kyle Kidd travels...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2016

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Jiles, Paulette

Summary: The story of two different families, headed by a former slave and by a Quaker, who settle in Texas during the Civil War.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2009

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Jiles, 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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Jiles, Paulette

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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2009

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Jiles, Paulette

Summary: "In March 1865, the long and bitter War between the States is winding down. Till now, twenty-three-year-old Simon Boudlin has evaded military duty thanks to his slight stature, youthful appearance, and utter lack of compunction about bending the truth. But following a barroom brawl in Victoria, Texas, Simon finds himself conscripted, however belatedly, into the Confederate Army. Luckily his...

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020

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Jiles, Paulette

Summary: Four Texas women struggle against nature and opportunists on their Brazos River ranch during the Great Depression.

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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2007

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Pearl, Matthew.

Summary: Boston, 1870. When news of Charles Dickens's untimely death reaches the office of his struggling American publisher, Fields & Osgood, partner James Osgood sends Daniel Sand to take possession of the unfinished novel. When Sand is killed, Osgood and Rebecca Sand journey to England determined to recover the manuscript and stop a murderous mastermind.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Santillana 2009

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Smith, Nikki Shannon

Summary: Matthew, a young African American with asthma who dreams of becoming an Olympic runner like his hero, Jesse Owens, accompanies his journalist father to the 1936 Olympics in Germany.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint 2021

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