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Summary: After his thievery conviction in 1724, Oliver Cromwell Pitts is sent from England across the Atlantic to America where he is enslaved on a tobacco farm, never giving up on finding his sister, Charity, brought to the colonies on a different ship.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Algonquin Young Readers 2019
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1 available in JT Fiction, Call number: JT Fiction Avi 2019Hockensmith, Steve
Summary: At the National Museum of American History, Eric, Dominique, Aday, and Josephine enlist the help of Gilbert Stuart, John Trumbull, and Thomas Jefferson to thwart a plan to turn the United States into a monarchy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Books 2017
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Head to Colonial Connecticut where unexpected adventure catches the Ingersoll brothers by surprise - and brings unexpected love into their lives. Nathaniel has his sights set on becoming a master figurehead carver, until he risks everything for a woman. Jonathan's merchant trade and his new love are in jeopardy from a brother's animosity. Micah expects to settle down to peace after a life of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Barbour Pub. 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COLPynchon, Thomas.
Summary: The lives of two 18th century British astronomers who surveyed the boundary which settled a dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania, and was later extended to become the boundary between free and slave states, the Mason-Dixon line. The novel describes their work in Africa and America, and traces their relationship. By the author of Vineland.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1997
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PYNL'Amour, Louis
Summary: Filled with action, adventure, mystery, and historical detail, the Sackett saga is an unforgettable achievement by one of America's greatest storytellers. In Jubal Sackett, the second generation of this great American family pursues a destiny in the wilderness of a sprawling new land. Kindred spirits on a restless quest... Jubal Sackett's urge to explore drove him westward, and when a Natchez...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1985
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Western L'Amour 1985Bittner, Rosanne
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Publisher / Publication Date: Forge 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BITBuckley, Christopher
Summary: "London, 1664. Twenty years after the English revolution, the monarchy has been restored and Charles II sits on the throne. The men who conspired to kill his father are either dead or disappeared. Baltasar 'Balty' St. Michel is twenty-four and has no skills and no employment. He gets by on handouts from his brother-in-law Samuel Pepys, an officer in the king's navy. Fed up with his needy...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BUCFollett, Ken.
Summary: In 18th Century Scotland, Mack MacAsh, a rebellious youth who tried to escape from a slave mine, is caught and deported in chains to America. On the same boat is the mine owner's son, travelling to his plantation in Virginia, and with him is his fiancee, Lizzie Hallim, who helped MacAsh escape. She and MacAsh will meet again and love will bloom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Crest 1996
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOLQuinn, Julia
Summary: "While you were sleeping... With her brother Thomas injured on the battlefront in the Colonies, orphaned Cecilia Harcourt has two unbearable choices: move in with a maiden aunt or marry a scheming cousin. Instead, she chooses option three and travels across the Atlantic, determined to nurse her brother back to health. But after a week of searching, she finds not her brother but his best friend,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Avon Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUICooper, James Fenimore
Contents: v. 1. The pioneers, or The sources of the Susquehanna. The last of the Mohicans. The prairie -- v. 2. The pathfinder, or The inland sea. The deerslayer, or The first war-path.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the U.S. 1985
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COOCooper, James Fenimore
Contents: v. 1. The pioneers, or The sources of the Susquehanna; a descriptive tale. The last of the Mohicans; a narrative of 1757. The prairie; a tale -- v. 2. The pathfinder, or The inland sea. The deerslayer, or The first war-path.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Literary Classics of the U.S. 1985
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COOCatel, Patrick
Summary: "This book explores the people, places, and history of the New York Colony"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.7 CATO'Reilly, Bill
Summary: O'Reilly revisits one of the most frightening and inexplicable episodes in American history: the events of 1692 and 1693 in Salem Village, Massachusetts. What began as a mysterious affliction of two young girls who suffered violent fits and exhibited strange behavior soon spread to other young women. Rumors of demonic possession and witchcraft consumed Salem. Soon three women were arrested...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CDA 973 OREHinderaker, Eric.
Summary: "In September 1755, the most famous Indian in the world - a Mohawk leader known in English as King Hendrick - died in the Battle of Lake George. He was fighting the French in defense of British claims to North America, and his death marked the end of an era in Anglo-Iroquois relations. He was not the first Mohawk of that name to attract international attention. Half a century earlier, another...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 974.7004 HINLaPlante, Eve
Summary: Traces the story of the judge responsible for executing twenty Salem witch trial victims, discussing how he came to regret his actions, and his later efforts to oppose slavery and further Native American relations and sexual equality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEWALL, SAMUEL LAPSummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Francis, Richard
Summary: Biographer and novelist Francis looks at the Salem witch hunt of 1692 with fresh eyes, through the story of Samuel Sewall, New England Puritan, Salem trial judge, antislavery agitator, defender of Native American rights, utopian theorist, family man. The second-generation colonists were pitted against the pagan Native Americans and a hostile mother country intent on imposing control. Out of the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fourth Estate 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SEWALL, SAMUEL FRAEnglar, Mary.
Summary: Explores the history of Dutch colonies in America.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Compass Point Books 2009
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 974.702 ENGCollison, Campbell
Summary: "What did it take to start a new colony in the United States? For some, it took eating shoe leather during the harsh winter in Jamestown. These extreme conditions weren't the only challenges colonists faced as they settled in America. Explore even more about the 13 original colonies by reading this book"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bearport Publishing Company 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.2 COLSummary: Tom Bodett explores the trails that extended America's frontiers. He follows the footsteps and wagon ruts of rugged pioneers, dauntless homesteaders, reclusive mountain men, and stop-at-nothing gold hunters as they explored, settled, and worked the new land.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Questar 2002
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