Based on a real-life scandal that gripped Britain in the 1860s, this domestic thriller – explores a feminist spinster’s reluctant involvement in a sordid divorce. Joint winner of the Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Fiction, longlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize and the Orange Prize, a Now Magazine Top Ten Book of the Year. Reached No. 7 in paperback fiction sales in the UK and No. 1 in Ireland.

The Sealed Letter is a delicious tale of secrets, betrayal, and forbidden love.

Helen Codrington is unhappily married. Emily 'Fido' Faithfull hasn't seen her once-dear friend for years. Suddenly, after bumping into Helen on the streets of Victorian London, Fido finds herself reluctantly helping Helen to have an affair with a young army officer.

The women's friendship quickly unravels amid courtroom accusations of adultery, counter-accusations of cruelty and attempted rape, and the appearance of a mysterious 'sealed letter' that could destroy more than one life . . .

Ex-library book in like new condition with the exception of library stickers on the front and spine as well as a library stamp on the 4th page.

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Maryland

The Sealed Letter

Civil War bushwackers from Missouri stir up trouble. Quantrill Raiders and Kansas Redlegs. #hardcover #civilwar #1860s #yankee

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Wisconsin

A Novel

American history is a complex weave of heroism and courage, conquest and carnage -- and no novelist today better understands the checkered character of our past than Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner James Carlos Blake. In prose as richly colored as an artist's palette, he again proves himself one of our most accomplished authors in this epic story set amid the Civil War's guerrilla conflict along the Kansas-Missouri borderland.

WILDWOOD BOYS

Like his free-spirited father, William T. Anderson was never meant for the farming life. Born in Missouri on the coldest day of 1840, he is raised in a fiercely independent family given to the pleasures of poetry and music -- yet ever ready to defend itself. The family resettles in Kansas, where Bill and his brother Jim are tutored by their father in the rustling trade. They revel in the thrill of horse thieving -- until the imminence of the Civil War turns their adopted homeland into "Bleeding Kansas." Despite the family's efforts to stay clear of hostilities, the first Anderson casualty soon follows, and the rest of the family is banished back to Missouri.

Now the entire border region is aflame with violence Kansas "redlegs" spreading terror under the Union banner, Missouri "bushwhackers" flying the black flag of no quarter. Its loyalties torn between North and South, Missouri becomes the bloodiest ground of the Civil War, its major centers under Yankee control, its wildwood country ruled by rebel guerrillas. Before long the Anderson brothers are riding with Quantrill's raiders, the most notorious of the bushwhacker bands, though most of them are barely more than boys. Then Bill Anderson suffers a catastrophic loss -- and an implacable fury is unleashed in his anguished soul. He becomes the most fearsome guerrilla captain of them all and earns a name some whisper with reverence, some with terror: Bloody Bill.

From the raw clay of historical fact, Blake has sculpted a powerful novel of a man and an America at war with themselves. It is a poignant and brutally honest work about relentless passions -- including Bill's abiding devotion to a pair of unforgettable women with wills as indomitable as his own. The heroic and unsettling saga of "Bloody Bill" Anderson is as American as a Missouri country ballad of violence, honor, and ill-fated love. It is a story only James Carlos Blake could tell so splendidly.

Wildwood Boys

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Frances Arrington

Michigan

The author of the critically acclaimed Bluestem vividly evokes the lonesome, wild beauty of the 1860s American prairie in this gripping tale of secrets that lead to lies.

Prairie Whispers

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Kate Manning

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

Texas

An evocative tale based on the life of a controversial Victorian New York City midwife features plucky orphan Axie Muldoon, who recounts her apprenticeship and establishment of a thriving practice that is threatened by a censorious zealot.

My Notorious Life

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Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

South Carolina

A Separate Battle: Women and the Civil War

Gilbert Morris

Historical fiction following a family's journey through the Civil War 

Heavy Hardcover (2 to 4 lbs)

Mississippi

The Rocklin Family at the Dawn of the War Between the States

The Appomattox Saga

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North Carolina

Carol Ryrie Brink

Georgia

An illustrated edition of the Newberry Medal–winning Caddie Woodlawn, which has been captivating young readers since 1935. Caddie Woodlawn is a real adventurer. She'd rather hunt than sew and plow than bake, and tries to beat her brother's dares every chance she gets. Caddie is friends with Indians, who scare most of the neighbors—neighbors who, like her mother and sisters, don't understand her at all. Caddie is brave, and her story is special because it's based on the life and memories of Carol Ryrie Brink's grandmother, the real Caddie Woodlawn. Her spirit and sense of fun have made this book a classic that readers have taken to their hearts for more than seventy years.

Caddie Woodlawn

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Fair condition. 
From a smoke free home. 

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New York

Newbery Award Honor Book

Sing Down The Moon, May 1976 Printing 

Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa

Archibald Colquhoun

Some minor external blemishes, but good binding and no markings in the text.

Minnesota

Facing up to the social changes in nineteenth century Italy, an elderly aristocrat arranges a marriage between his daughter and a wealthy merchant

The Leopard

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Colorado

Extremely interesting and quite thought provoking novel. Hope you enjoy it! 

Trigger warning: Bonus short story added to this purchase does not list trigger warnings but I will add that there is domestic violence that I was not expecting in it, just so you know

My Notorious Life + FREE book themed sticker and a short story 

Mary Connealy

Good condition- a few very minor curves on edges of covers, small marks, otherwise great condition 

Paperback (1 to 2 lbs)

Wyoming

Saddle up for romance and adventure with the Wilde sisters

Shannon Wilde is the middle sister--and the one who loves animals. She's established her own homestead and is raising sheep for their wool. Things are going fine...until Shannon gets swept over a cliff by Matthew Tucker

Tucker seizes every opportunity to get away from civilization, but one particular walk in the woods ends with him sprinting away from an angry grizzly and plunging into a raging river, accidentally taking Shannon Wilde with him. Their adventure in the wilderness results in the solitary mountain man finding himself hitched to a young woman with a passel of relatives, a homestead, and a flock of sheep to care for.

As Tucker and Shannon learn to live with each other, strange things begin to happen on Shannon's land. Someone clearly wants to drive her off, but whoever it is apparently didn't count on Tucker. Trying to scare Matthew Tucker just makes him mad--and trying to hurt the woman he's falling in love with sets off something even he never expected.

Now and Forever

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Stephen. Crane

Older copy. Yellowing on inside covers. See photos. Otherwise clean copy. 

The Red Badge of Courage

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Lynn Austin

Kentucky

Refiner's Fire series, book 1

"You don't have to go with Missy Claire. She can't make you go with her." Kitty, a house slave, has always obeyed Missy Claire and followed orders. But when word arrives that the Yankees are coming, Kitty is faced with a decision. WiIl she continue serving Missy Claire and her household? Or will she listen to Grady and embrace this chance for freedom? Even wise Delia says Kitty has to decide for herself--that nobody except the Lord can tell her which way to go. Kitty has always lived in a world where authority is not questioned. She never has learned to make up her own mind any more than she has learned to read or write. But now Kitty has a daunting choice: How does she want her story to end?

A Light to My Path

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Glenn W. LaFantasie

Pennsylvania

July 2, 1863--The Tide Turns at Gettysburg

On July 2nd, 1863, forces from the Confederacy’s Army of Northern Virginia and the Union’s Army of the Potomac clashed over the steep, rocky hill known as Little Round Top. This battle was one of the most brutal and devastating engagements of the American Civil War, and the North’s bloody victory there insured their triumph at Gettysburg, setting the stage for the South’s ultimate defeat. Using newly discovered documents and rare firsthand sources, acclaimed historian Glenn LaFantasie sheds new light on the dramatic story of this pivotal battle and tells the story as it truly unfolded, from the perspective of the brave men who fought and died there.

Twilight at Little Round Top

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Small stain on textblock. Fading and slight yellowing to dustjacket. Light wear.

The Battle of Antietam

Landscape Turned Red

1961 Golden Press large Leather covered hardcover edition. Good used condition. Clean pages with hundreds of illustrations. Good binding. Boards are unmarked, but both have some edge discoloration with age. No marked or creased pages inside. Outer pages have speckling. Leather cover has some edge rubbing, some scuffing (mostly center), and a few tiny scratches. Rare old collectors edition. A history of the American Civil War. 324 pages. 




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