Historical Fiction - Civil War Genre
Books in the Historical Fiction - Civil War genre:
Ramona (1939)
Ramona is a mixed-race woman of Native American and Scotch ancestry. The novel tells of her travails during the settlement of California after the Mexican American War.
Author(s):
Helen Hunt Jackson
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Yearling (1939)
The story of Jody and his love for a fawn.
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Author(s):
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Smoky-House (1940)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Smoky House (1940)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Richard Floethe
The Yearling (1940)
The story of Jody and his love for a fawn.
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Author(s):
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Pirate Waters (1941)
Author(s):
Edwin L. Sabin
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Longshanks (1945)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Where My Love Sleeps (1945)
Story of the last year of fighting around Petersburg and Richmond during the Civil War.
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Author(s):
Clifford Dowdey
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Golden Flash (1947)
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Mary Montgomery, Rebel (1948)
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians (1948)
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
A House for Ten (1949)
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
A Long Way to Frisco (1951)
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
The Dark Stranger (1957)
The story of witchcraft and conspiracy during the English Civil War.
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Author(s):
Dorothy Charques
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
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
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)
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
Kate Ryder (1975)
Kate and her family are caught up in the English Civil War.
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Author(s):
Hester Burton
Illustrator(s):
Victor Ambrus
The Favershams (1982)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Rosie and the Rustlers (1989)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Early Candlelight (1992)
A story of early pioneer days in St. Paul, when Fort Snelling was on the frontier.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Karen Ritz
Little Women (1993)
Louisa May Alcott’s autobiographical children’s book of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy growing up around the time of the Civil War.
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1994)
Author(s):
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s):
Helen Mason Grose
John Henry (1995)
Author(s):
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1996)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
John Harley
E. W. Kemble
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years (1999)
Author(s):
Rachel Field
Rosemary Wells
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
The Red Badge of Courage (2002)
Author(s):
Stephen Crane
Illustrator(s):
Wendell Minor
Buffalo and Beaver (2004)
Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
The Old African (2005)
Author(s):
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Away to Sea (2006)
Jim Slater ran away from his father’s farmhouse to become a sailor. Later, he discovered he was aboard a slave ship.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Clinton Balmer
The Buckboard Stranger (2006)
When a smooth-talking stranger with a fast rig comes to town, Chuck and Barney are in for a summer of mystery and excitement.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Paul Calle
Longshanks (2006)
Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously thrown in the river by a thief. He is rescued by a flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Muddy Road to Glory (2006)
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
The Black Angels (2009)
They all loved to sing, except Joseph, so they eagerly fell in with Benjie's plan to form an Operatic and Concert Troupe and go on the road.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Jingle Bells (2017)
Author(s):
James Lord Pierpont
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
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