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19th century

The El Dorado map

2016
After a stagecoach robbery goes wrong, Cody is arrested and his evil father gets away--but a mysterious man who seems to have magical powers gets him out, and he embarks on a strange journey involving a map to the fabled city of El Dorado, pursued by the Wolf tribe, the Tatanka, his father, and others, all of whom want the map.

Problems of a new nation

1800-1830
2009
A graphic exploration of significant people and events in U.S. history between 1800 and 1830, including the War of 1812 and the burning of Washington, D.C., by the British.

Passenger on the Pearl

the true story of Emily Edmonson's flight from slavery
Documents the events of the 1848 escape attempt by Emily Edmonson on board the Pearl, discussing the contributions made by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Emily's subsequent education, and her history-changing teaching career.

The Pickwick papers

2009
Retired business man, Samuel Pickwick and the other members of the Pickwick Club embark on a series of comic adventures in late Georgian England.

Fighting words

2014
In nineteenth-century New York City, as Irish immigrant Myles McReary prepares to fight the mighty Giancarlo Sperio, a renegade priest gives Myles a relic that he claims will disorient Giancarlo--a relic the Catholic Church does not endorse.

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

1980
The tragic story of Tess, who is victimized by lust, poverty, and Victorian hypocrisy.

The character factory

Baden-Powell and the origins of the Boy Scout movement
1986

Katherine's story, 1848

2014
Twins Elizabeth and Katherine, attending the wedding of their father's cousin at Vandermeer Manor in Rhode Island, decide to investigate when someone vandalizes something precious at the manor.

Pride and prejudice

2011
In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters.

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