Just For You! -- Historical Fiction of the American WestLike this list

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• The Orchardist

  a Novel

  Coplin, Amanda,

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  When two feral girls--one of them very pregnant--appear on his homestead, solitary orchardist Talmadge, who carefully tends the grove of fruit trees he has cultivated for nearly half a century, vows to save and protect them.

• I Should Be Extremely Happy in Your Company

  a Novel of Lewis and Clark

  Hall, Brian, 1959-

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  Meriwether Lewis and William Clark's expedition to the Pacific Ocean and back in the early part of the nineteenth century is one of the most famous journeys in American history. Previous accounts have largely romanticized the expedition, treating it…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• There There

  Orange, Tommy, 1982-

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  Jacquie Red Feather is newly sober and trying to make it back to the family she left behind in shame in Oakland. Dene Oxendene is pulling his life together after his uncle's death and has come to work the powwow and to honor his uncle's memory.…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Devil in a Blue Dress

  An Easy Rawlins Mystery

  Mosley, Walter

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  In a Los Angeles bar, "Easy" Rawlins, a black war veteran just fired from his job, wonders how he'll pay his mortgage. DeWitt Albright, a quietly vicious white man, walks in and offers Easy good money if he'll find Daphne Monet.

• The Girls

  a Novel

  Cline, Emma

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  Girls--their vulnerability, strength, and passion to belong--are at the heart of this stunning novel, set in Northern California, during the violent end of the 1960s. At the start of summer, a lonely and thoughtful teenager, Evie Boyd, sees a group…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Blackkklansman

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  Ron Stallworth, an African-American police officer from Colorado, successfully managed to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan and became the head of the local chapter.

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