Historical Fiction Set in the U.S.

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The Diary of Mattie Spenser
By Sandra Dallas
F DALLAS
Unexpectedly married to the man considered the catch of her hometown, a young woman finds herself traveling via covered wagon to Colorado in search of a new start, with only her reticent husband and her personal journal to keep her company.

Into the Wilderness
By Sara Donati
F DONATI
In 1792, Elizabeth Middleton embarks on the first great adventure of her life. Having been living with her aunt and cousin's in England she now travels across the ocean to join her father and brother in the primitive wilderness of upper New York, hoping to be able to teach children in the area.

March
By Geraldine Brooks
F BROOKS
In a story inspired by the father character in Little Women and drawn from the journals and letters of Louisa May Alcott’s father, a man leaves behind his family to serve in the Civil War and finds his beliefs challenged by his experiences.

Fever, 1793
By Laurie Halse Anderson
YA F ANDERSON
In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.