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10 best books like With Lee in Virginia (G.A. Henty): Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee, Alone Yet Not Alone, The Princess Adelina: An Ancient Christian Tale of Beauty & Bravery, The Queen's Smuggler, Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War, You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!: A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start, Theras and His Town, The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165, Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis & Clark, King's Arrow

Call of Duty: The Sterling Nobility of Robert E. Lee
AuthorJ. Steven Wilkins
ISBN1581823347
First half was an excellent biography filled with insights into what shaped and nurtured one of our greatest leaders in American History. The second half elaborates how Lee exhibited Christian values in his life. He was revered during his lifetime and even respected by his enemies. Unfortunately...
Alone Yet Not Alone
AuthorTracy Michele Leininger
ISBN1929241364
Autumn of 1755 bestowed to the Leiningers’ world, not only its rich beauties, but also a rewarding harvest. On this particular day the whole valley seemed to rejoice in the fullness of the season—but suddenly Barbara and Regina’s peaceful frontier life is changed forever. General Braddock...
The Princess Adelina: An Ancient Christian Tale of Beauty & Bravery
AuthorJulie Sutter
ISBN1934554332
From eighth-century Germany comes the stirring tale of Princess Adelina, a virtuous young woman determined to fulfill God's call on her life. The daughter of an Iona missionary to the German people, Adelina's world is turned upside-down when a young pagan ruler, Hedan of Thurginia, falls in love with...
The Queen's Smuggler
AuthorDave Jackson
ISBN1556612214
Sarah Poyntz is the daughter of an English merchant who operates a shipping business from Antwerp, Belgium, in 1535. Her father is very interested in the ideas of William Tyndale, who has fled England as a condemned outlaw for refusing to stop his translation work of the English Bible. Tyndale believes...
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War
AuthorThomas B. Allen
ISBN0792278895
It's 1863. Harriet Tubman is facing one of the biggest—and most dangerous— challenges of her life. She has survived her master's lash, escaped from slavery, and risked her life countless times to lead runaway slaves to freedom along the Underground Railroad. Now she has a new role—that of Union...
You Wouldn't Want to Be an American Colonist!: A Settlement You'd Rather Not Start
AuthorJacqueline Morley
- Fits in well with social studies and U.S. history curricula.
- Draws in even the most reluctant reader with a lighthearted tone and hilarious illustrations.
- Includes glossary and index.
National Social Studies Education Standards: Grades K-4
II. Time, Continuity, and Change
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Theras and His Town
AuthorCaroline Dale Snedeker
ISBN0966706722
Young Theras, born an Athenian, is taken to Sparta by a relative when his father is lost at war. He is forced to live like a Spartan, a brutal life with no pity for those who are not physically perfect and totally obedient to Spartan control. After enduring rigorous training and repeated cruel incidents,...
The Red Keep: A Story of Burgundy in 1165
AuthorAllen French
ISBN1883937299
In the country of Burgundy, the Sauval brothers have begun to terrorize the surrounding lands in an attempt to bring the area under their control. They raid the Red Keep, in hope of gaining it for themselves, only to be thwarted by Sir Roger and young Conan. Now they plot anew to steal the Keep from its rightful...
Seaman: The Dog Who Explored the West with Lewis & Clark
AuthorGail Langer Karwoski
ISBN1561452769
It is 1804, the year that Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and the Corps of Discovery set out for their now-legendary exploration of the Louisiana Purchase, departing St. Louis to travel across the continent to the Pacific Ocean and back.
This fictionalized biography of Lewis and Clark's journey...
King's Arrow
AuthorDouglas Bond
ISBN0875527434
Angus M'Kethe, brave Duncan's younger brother, is no longer a child with a toy bow and arrow. He is now a young man, facing the same persecution and spiritual questions that his entire family has struggled against for years. Loyal to his family, Angus must match wits in a life-and-death struggle against...
The Life and Campaigns of Stonewall Jackson
AuthorRobert Lewis Dabney
ISBN1929241003
Stonewall Jackson. His very name evokes the image of the solid, immovable Confederate general whose sobriquet, earned at the Battle of First Manassas, no longer requires quotation marks. In this volume, Stonewall's pious Christian character, service to the church, unwavering commitment to duty,...
Brothers at Arms: Treasure & Treachery in the Amazon
AuthorJohn J. Horn
ISBN1934554758
Lawrence and Chester Stoning are twins, but like Jacob and Esau of old they have little else in common. Lawrence is a realist, fascinated by the study of science, mathematics, and history, while Chester longs for the knightly adventures of chivalrous times past — hard-fought battles, gold-filled...
The Story of Liberty
AuthorCharles Carleton Coffin
"If while reading this "Story" you are roused to indignation, or pained at the recital of wrong and outrage, remember that out of endurance and sacrifice has come all that you hold most dear; so will you comprehend what Liberty has cost, and what it is worth."

In my younger years, history was probably...
The Dog Crusoe: A Tale of the Western Plains
AuthorR.M. Ballantyne
ISBN1934554243
This is a story of an adventure involving a young man, his dog, and two friends. Together they wander through the Western prairies on a mission to make peace between the "pale-faces" and the "Red men". They face many perils and become heroes many times over. This wonderful story takes the characters (and...
Teddy's Button
AuthorAmy Le Feuvre
ISBN1584740272
Here is a story that will open a child's understanding of the spiritual battle within as Teddy learns that he is his own worst enemy. As a stubborn boy and girl refuse to back down from their selfish pride, one of the many lessons they learn is that they cannot win battles by force and hate, but by carrying...
The Brethren
AuthorH. Rider Haggard
ISBN1421842661
This stirring novel is set in the climactic months before the opening of the Third Crusade, called the Kings' Crusade. The Brethren is a classic tale of love and chivalry, unfolding amidst the touching story of two English knights who are in love with the same maiden. The devotion of these men is tested...
A Father's Promise
AuthorDonna Lynn Hess
ISBN0890843791
Adolf Hitler's ominous statements seem only a distant threat to eleven-year-old Rudi Kaplan. But when the Nazi forces invade Poland and bomb his home city of Warsaw, Rudi finds out that he is Hitler's enemy not only because he is a Pole, but also because he's a Jew--and a Christian. The next few years change...
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