American Historical Fiction
Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women
Arnow, Harriette. The Kentucky Trace
Banks, Russell. Cloudsplitter
Belfer, Lauren. City of Light
Berger, Thomas. Little Big Man
Blackwood, Gary L. Year of the Hangman
Blos, Joan W. A Gathering of Days
Bond, Nancy. Another Shore
Bohner, Charles H. Bold Journey
Borland, Hal. When the Legends Die
Boyd, James. Drums
Bradley, David. The Chaneysville Incident
Brick, John. The Strong Men
Carr, Caleb. The Alienist; Angel of Darkness
Carrighar, Sally. The Glass Dove.
Carter, Forrest. Watch for Me on the Mountain
Cather, Willa. O, Pioneers!; My Antonia; One of Ours
Chase-Riboud, Barbara. Sally Hemings; The President's Daughter; Echo of Lions
Chopin, Kate. The Awakening
Clapp, Patricia. I'm Deborah Sampson; Constance
Collier, James Lincoln. My Brother Sam is Dead; With Every Drop of Blood
Conde, Maryse. I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem
Cooper, James Fenimore. The Last of the Mohicans; The Deerslayer; others in series
Crafts, Hannah. The Bondwoman's Narrative
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage
Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime; The Waterworks
Donnell, Susan. Pocahontas
Dos Passos, John. U.S.A. (a trilogy)
Dreiser, Theodore. Sister Carrie; An American Tragedy
Edmonds, Walter D. Drums Along the Mohawk
Fast, Howard. Freedom Road; April Morning
Faulkner, William. The Unvanquished
Fowler, Karen Joy. Sarah Canary
Frazier, Charles. Cold Mountain
Guthrie, A. B. The Big Sky
Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The Scarlet Letter
Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils
Jakes, John. [series, several titles]
Jones, Douglas C. A Creek Called Wounded Knee; Elkhorn Tavern; Roman; The Court-martial of George Armstrong Custer; Come Winter
Judd, Cameron. The Hanging at Leadville
Kane, Harnett Thomas. The Lady of Arlington
Kantor, MacKinlay. Andersonville
Keith, Harold. Rifles for Watie
Kelton, Elmer. Slaughter
Keneally, Thomas. Confederates
King, Benjamin. A Bullet for Lincoln
Kirkpatrick, Katherine. Trouble's Daughter
Lasky, Kathryn. Beyond the Burning Time
Levitin, Sonia. Roanoke
Lewis, Sinclair. Babbitt
Mallon, Thomas. Two Moons
Mitchell, Margaret. Gone With the Wind
Michener, James [several titles]
Monfredo, Miriam Grace. [several titles—mysteries in historical settings]
Morgan, Robert. Gap Creek
Morrison, Toni. Beloved; Paradise
Perez, Norah A. The Slopes of War
Pesci, David. Amistad
Petry, Ann. Tituba of Salem Village
Richter, Conrad. The Light in the Forest (and series)
Rinaldi, Ann. The Blue Door; In My Father's House; Time Enough for Drums; The Last Silk Dress
Roberts, Kenneth. The Lively Lady; Oliver Wiswell; Arundel; Rabble in Arms
Shaara, Jeff. The Last Full Measure; Rise to Rebellion
Shaara, Michael. The Killer Angels
Sinclair, Upton. The Jungle
Smiley, Jane. The All-True Travels and Adventures of Lidie Newton
Stone, Irving. The President's Lady; Those Who Love; Immortal Wife
Stowe, Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom's Cabin
Stuart, Colin. Walks Far Woman
Styron, William. Confessions of Nat Turner
Trumbo, Dalton. Johnny Got His Gun
Turtledove, Harry. The Guns of the South
Vidal, Gore. 1876; Lincoln; Burr
Walker, Margaret. Jubilee
Welch, James. Fool's Crow; Heartsong of Charging Elk
Wharton, Edith. House of Mirth; Age of Innocence; The Custom of the Country
Wibberley, Leonard. The Last Battle
Biographies—Sampling
Note: Call numbers for biographies begin with 921 and follow with the first three letters of the last name of the person the book is about, e.g. all biographies about George Washington will have the number 921 WAS.Abraham Lincoln: The Prairie Years Along This Way: the Autobiography of James Weldon Johnson
American Sphinx (Thomas Jefferson)
Andrew Carnegie and the Rise of Big Business
Benjamin Franklin. (new biography, 921 FRA)
Black Elk Speaks (Black Elk)
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: her Progress Toward Utopia
China Men (Chinese immigrants in the 19th century, Maxine Hong Kingston, 325.73 KIN)
The Education of Henry Adams
Founding Brothers: the Revolutionary Generation (new, 920 ELL)
The Frontiersman: the Real Life and the Many Legends of Davy Crockett
Harriet Tubman, Conductor on the Underground Railroad
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Invincible Lousia (Louisa May Alcott)
J. Pierpont Morgan: A Biography
Lee of Virginia (Robert E. Lee)
Light-Horse Harry (General Henry Lee)
Love Across Color Lines (Federick Douglass and Ottilie Assing, 920 DIE)
Narrative of the Life of Federick Douglass, An American Slave (Frederick Douglass)
Prince of Humbugs: a Life of P. T. Barnum
Shadow Catcher : the Life and Work of Edward S. Curtis
Titan: the Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Up from Slavery (Booker T. Washington)