1849-1877

Looks at important writings and moments in American history during the build-up to the Civil War and the war itself, the era of reconstruction, and the Indian Wars that followed.

Seventeen-year-old Morgan Kinneson, a member of an abolitionist family in 1864, heads south after the murder of a slave in his care in search of his brother, a Union doctor who has gone missing in the midst of the Civil War, pursued by a group of escaped convicts who want the mysterious stone that has fallen into Morgan's hands.

"Tells the story of the election of 1860 and the immediate and lasting effects it had on a nation on the brink of Civil War"--Provided by the publisher.

A series of over 250 entries that detail the political ideas and policies of Abraham Lincoln including his views on slavery and emancipation, the Civil War, and the emergence of the Republican Party.

Stephanie, angered that her father has financed her boyfriend on a quest to the gold fields of California, runs away from home on a dangerous journey that leads her through storms, near-fatal accidents, unexpected hardships, and into the arms of her true love.

Carrie, living in Chicago in 1871, finds herself in competition with her wealthy friend Jessica for the love of handsome John Stapleton, but she must put all thoughts of romance aside when a great fire sweeps the city and she must fight for her life and the lives of others.