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Historical Fiction - Civil War Genre

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Books in the Historical Fiction - Civil War genre:

The Wide Wide World (1851)

When Ellen Montgomery's mother must go to France for her health, Ellen is sent to the country to stay with her Aunt Fortune.  Amidst her troubles and sorrows she finds new friends and happiness. Read on line volume I; volume II... View More

Author(s): Susan Bogert Warner
Illustrator(s): None

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876)

In the 1840s a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): True W. Williams

Little Women (1880)

This is the single volume edition. A classic story of four young women who struggle to overcome the trials of keeping up appearences whilst battling poverty and awaiting news of the fate of their father who is fighting the Civil War. Read online... View More

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The American Claimant (1892)

Colonel Mulberry Sellers, an American entrepreneur, succeeds to a British Earldom. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Dan Beard

Cressy and Other Tales (1896)

This is volume VII of the Standard Library Edition of the writings of Bret Harte. The title story is a romance of the gold fields. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Bret Harte
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

An Old-Fashioned Girl (1902)

Polly, a simple ‘old-fashioned’ girl from the country visits her wealthy friend Fanny in the big city.

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

The Log of a Cowboy (1903)

A history of the cattle drives north from Texas after the Civil War. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Andy Adams
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)

Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s): None

Boy Life (1909)

Stories selected from A Boy's Town and The Flight of Pony Baker. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The Children of the New Forest (1911)

During the English civil war, a family of children take to the woods to escape from the Parliamentary forces. Read for free online at Google Books.... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Long Roll (1911)

A historical novel which follows the lives of a handful of men from Virginia's Shenandoah Valley up through the battle of Chancellorsville. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Mary Johnston
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Cease Firing (1912)

The acclaimed sequel to The Long Roll vividly dramatizes the final years of the Civil War.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Mary Johnston
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

On Hazardous Service (1912)

The war of scouts and spies between the North and South during the American Civil War.

Author(s): William Gilmore Beymer
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

Sinopah, the Indian Boy (1913)

The story of Sinopah, a Blackfoot Indian boy who grew up to become the great chief Pitamakan. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

The Drums of the 47th (1914)

A memoir of the experiences of a common soldier, Robert J. Burdette a private in the 47th Illinois Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War.  Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Robert J. Burdette
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Dick Devereux: A Story of the Civil War (1915)

A Civil War novel with frontispiece by Lois Lenski.

Author(s): David Tod Gilliam
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Tang of Life (1918)

An old-fashioned cowboy shoot-em-up. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Henry Herbert Knibbs
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Les Misérables (1925)

The novel takes place in France from 1815 - the end of the Napoleonic era - to the 1832 Paris uprising. According to Hugo, “The book which the reader has before him at this moment is, from one end to the other, in its entirety and details ... a... View More

Author(s): Victor Hugo
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

The Black Angels (1926)

They all seven loved to sing, except Joseph, and eagerly accepted Benjy's plan to form an Operatic and Concert Troupe.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): George Breans

Children of the Moor (1927)

This is a story about a family of children during the Swedish famines of the 1860’s.

Author(s): Laura Matilda Fitinghoff
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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