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Historical Fiction - Civil War Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Civil War genre:
The Golden Flash (1947)
A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Mary Montgomery, Rebel (1948)
A fictionalized biography of a southern girl at the time of the Civil War.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians (1948)
Fifty-two stories and rhymes about the old West.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
A House for Ten (1949)
A family with ten children live on a farm in Indiana in the 1850’s.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
A Long Way to Frisco (1951)
A nineteenth century pig drive on the west coast.
Author(s):
Alfred Powers
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Buckboard Stranger (1954)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Paul Calle
The Newcomes (1954)
A vast novel of the Victorian era that centers on Colonel Thomas Newcombe, his son Clive and their relations and friends. The Limited Editions Club version is in two volumes.
Author(s):
William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Everglades Adventure (1957)
Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War and he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
The Great Wheel (1957)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
American Backgrounds (1958)
An anthology of early American stories for older children.
Myrtle Albertina’s Song (1958)
Myrtle Albertina is only nine, but she makes up a plan to help her Uncle Harvey overcome malicious gossip.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Brady (1960)
A young Pennsylvania boy takes part in the pre-Civil War anti-slavery activities.
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Author(s):
Jean Fritz
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Phantom of the Blockade (1962)
Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Victor Mays
The Muddy Road to Glory (1963)
Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
George Hughes
Boy with a Pack (1965)
Bill Crawford sets out from New Hampshire with a peddlar’s pack for the Ohio country.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Phantom of the Blockade (1965)
Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Victor Mays
The Swing in the Summerhouse (1967)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Life and Adventures of Lady Anne (1969)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
The Favershams (1982)
A pictorial album illustrating the life of a Victorian family.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard