Tag Archives: Civil War
Terrel T. Garren. The Fifth Skull: A Historical Novel of the Civil War and the American West. Spartanburg, SC: Reprint Co., 2008.
It’s 1864, the last year of the Civil War, when a new conscription law establishes the Confederate Junior Reserves, which requires boys to serve in the army after their 17th birthday. Protagonists Billy Nick Long of Henderson County and John … Continue reading
Filed under 2008, Burke, Garren, Terrel T., Henderson, Historical, Mountains
Wilma Dykeman. The Tall Woman. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1962.
Wilma Dykeman tells the story of a tight-knit mountain family living in Appalachia as the Civil War ends and Reconstruction begins. Lydia McQueen moves to a mountain clearing when her husband, Mark, returns from fighting for the Union during the … Continue reading
Filed under 1960-1969, 1962, Dykeman, Wilma, Graham, Historical, Mountains
Michael Phillips. A Day to Pick Your Own Cotton. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2003.
Although Katie and Mayme are only teenagers, they are trying to run the Rosewood Plantation on their own and convince everyone in the nearby town of Greens Crossing that nothing is amiss. Under their watch, Rosewood becomes a sanctuary for … Continue reading
Michael Phillips. Angels Watching Over Me. Minneapolis: Bethany House, 2003.
Katie Clairborne and Mary Ann (Mayme) Jukes were born in the same county less than a year apart, but they did not meet until the Civil War brought tragedy to both their lives. Mayme, a slave on a plantation outside … Continue reading
Sarah Shaber. Snipe Hunt. New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000.
Raleigh professor and “forensic historian” Simon Shaw was supposed to be spending his Thanksgiving week relaxing at Pearlie Beach, but he agreed to help his friend look for archaeological evidence of a Tuscarora village while he was there. What he … Continue reading
Filed under 2000, 2000-2009, Coast, Mystery, Novels in Series, Novels Set in Fictional Places, Shaber, Sarah
Michael Phillips. Carolina Cousins Series.
A Perilous Proposal. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2005. The Soldier’s Lady. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2006. Never Too Late. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2007. Miss Katie’s Rosewood. Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House, 2007. In the Carolina Cousins books, the follow-up … Continue reading
Robert W. Hester. The Battle for North Carolina: Historical Novel of the War between the States. Charleston, SC: BookSurge Publishing, 2008.
In this novel, the Civil War is far from over in December of 1864. Confederate naval fighters in the waters off North Carolina defeat the Union navy’s blockade. Wilmington and eastern North Carolina are still threatened, even though Sherman’s march … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2008, Craven, Docufiction, Hester, Robert W., Historical, New Hanover
Larry G. Morgan. Ivy: Lilies of the Field. Charlotte, NC: Catawba Publishing Co., 2006.
Ivy: Lilies of the Field is Larry Morgan’s third novel based on the lives of Ivy Rowland, his great-grandfather’s first wife, and her friends and family. While the previous two books–Ivy:Yankee Sweetheart, Rebel Nurse and Ivy: Camp Branch to Groveton–take … Continue reading
Filed under 2000-2009, 2006, Historical, Macon, Morgan, Larry G., Mountains, Novels in Series, Swain
