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Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
[1970]
Language
English
Description
In Irwin Shaw's enthralling novel, the Jordache family grapples with the forces of change in mid-century America Siblings Rudy, Tom, and Gretchen Jordache grow up in a small town on the Hudson River. They're in their teens in the 1940s, too young to go to war but marked by it nevertheless. Their father is the local baker, and nothing suggests they will live storied lives. Yet, in this sprawling saga, each member of the family pushes against the...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"From the author of The Calligrapher's Daughter comes the riveting story of two sisters, one raised in the United States, the other in South Korea, and the family that bound them together even as the Korean War kept them apart"--
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1987]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
The Captive Bride follows the Winslow family as they assist in the building of a great nation. With courage and spirit, Rachel Winslow stands up to the enemies of freedom. Can she face unjust imprisonment--even death--without retreat?
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 5
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
The Saintly Buccaneer spotlights Paul Winslow, a young man who is bitterly opposed to the American Revolution. His life is quickly changed when he is shanghaied and pressed into service aboard a navy frigate. And then he is struck with amnesia!
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 6
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
The Holy Warrior picks up the House of Winslow saga several years after the Revolutionary War. Two Winslow sons race west--one to embrace his dreams and the other to escape the future. Will either survive the dangers of the frontier?
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1988]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
The story of Nathan Winslow in The Gentle Rebel brings the saga of the Winslow family into the American Revolution. At first opposed to the idea of revolution, Nathan eventually becomes a Patriot. But his faith and courage are tested when he falls in love with beautiful Abigail Howland, a proud and spoiled Tory.
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 9
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
At the conclusion of The Last Confederate, almost twenty-four thousand Union and Confederate soldiers had fallen on the field of battle at Sharpsburg, making it the bloodiest day of American history. Among the casualties for the South was Captain Vance Wickham, husband of Belle Wickham. She was a daughter of Sky and Rebekah Winslow, and now the tragedy of war makes its dreaded call upon the Winslow family. In The Dixie Widow, Belle Wickham's sorrow...
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 10
Publisher
Bethany House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 15
Language
English
Description
Zack Winslow, The Wounded Yankee, had served the Union Army for exactly one year and been wounded twice, surviving the battles of Bull Run and Shiloh. But when he is sent home, Zack discovers some devastating news about his fiancée and his livelihood. Having seen the worst of war and tasted the disappointments of love and friendship gone sour, Zack decides he must get away from it all. Striking out for the wilds of Montana, Zack resolves to live...
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 8
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1990]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
At the conclusion of The Reluctant Bridegroom, the marriage of Sky and Rebekah Winslow prefaces a new chapter for another generation. What had seemed an impossibility is now coming to pass: God's transformation of the Winslows into a warm and loving family. Making their way back from Oregon City, they now settle and prosper on a plantation in Virginia. Several years after their return from the West, a young Northerner named Thad Novak makes his way...
12) The union belle
Author
Series
House of Winslow volume 11
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
As the nation recovers from the Civil War, Sky and Rebekah Winslow's wayward son Mark is slowly making his way north through Texas after his release from a Mexican prison. Headed for Omaha to work for the Union Pacific Railroad, he is forced to shoot a man, then thrown into jail to await his prison sentence. In a small Texas town where justice will not be served, Mark's only hope is the young woman whom he defended. Lola Montez had attempted to escape...
13) A song of joy
Author
Series
Under Northern skies volume 4
Language
English
Description
Minnesota, 1911. Nilda Carlson is torn between life in the city of Blackduck and spending time with her family back home on the farm. Her employer, Mrs. Schoenleber, gives her more and more responsibility and experience. Still new to America herself, Nilda focuses on the area's immigrant community, but she'll have to fight to get her ideas accepted by the locals and donors alike. One of her greatest joys is her weekly piano lesson with Fritz Larsson....
14) Darkest hour
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1993]
Language
English
Description
The phenomenal Cutler series from New York Times bestselling author V.C. Andrews has held readers spellbound. Now comes the fourth and final novel in the magnificent Cutler family saga--the prequel to Dawn. Darkest Hour takes readers back to the story of Dawn's grandmother ... to a girl named Lillian, and a thriving plantation called The Meadows.
15) Twilight's child
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Finally married to Jimmy and reunited with her daughter, Dawn is convinced she has everything she needs, but her brother's strange behavior, her mother's selfishness, and an unspeakable tragedy threaten her happiness.
Author
Series
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
In the sequel to "Dawn," Dawn pursues a singing career at a prestigious New York City music school, all the while dreaming of her boyfriend Jimmy, and the anguished secrets they share, until a new teacher, Michael Sutton, arrives to take Jimmy's place in her desires.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"An emotional homecoming brings hope and healing to three generations of women. The life Olivia Harper always dreamed of isn't so dreamy these days. The 16-hour work days are unfulfilling and so are things with her on-again, off-again boyfriend. But when she hears that her estranged mother, Juliet, has been seriously injured in a car accident, Liv has no choice but to pack up her life and head home to beautiful Cape Sanctuary on the Northern California...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II, which begins with The Winds of War and continues in War and Remembrance, stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers. Like no other books about the war, Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events - the drama, the romance, the heroism and the tragedy of World War II - as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very...
20) Harbor secrets
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"It's 1916 when newspaper woman Anna McDowell learns her estranged father has suffered a stroke. Deciding it's time to repair bridges, Anna packs up her precocious adolescent daughter and heads for her hometown in Sunset Cove, Oregon. Although much has changed since the turn of the century, some things haven t. Anna finds the staff of her father s paper not exactly eager to welcome a woman into the editor-in-chief role, but her father insists he wants...
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