http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 10. http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.7/dispatches-from-the-other-border-a-review-of-a-good-man A Good Man -- the third novel in Guy Vanderhaeghe's U.S.-Canada border trilogy -- thoughtfully explores life in that region during the late 1800s. No publisher Thomas Hayden Canadian culture and history Guy Vanderhaeghe Western culture and history novels A Good Man U.S.-Canada border historical fiction 2012-04-27T02:27:32Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/44.1/from-the-old-world-to-the-old-west-a-review-of-the-little-bride Anna Solomon's fascinating first novel follows a young Jewish woman from Odessa, Russia, to the hardscrabble prairie of South Dakota in the late 1800s. No publisher Jenny Shank American history in fiction 19th century life The Little Bride mail-order brides arranged marriages Russian immigrants novels sodbusters Anna Solomon Jewish immigrants historical fiction South Dakota farmers pioneers Russian Jews 2012-01-19T19:53:41Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.20/dealt-a-bad-hand-a-review-of-doc Mary Doria Russell brings the real-life historical character Doc Holliday to imaginative life in her novel, Doc, which focuses on the time he spent working as a tubercular dentist in Dodge City, Kan., long before the OK Corral. No publisher Jenny Shank Doc Holliday Wyatt Earp historical fiction novels Doc gunfighters Mary Doria Russell Dodge City, Kansas Kate Harony 19th century dentists gamblers tuberculosis cardsharps 2012-07-06T21:58:01Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/survival-and-opportunism-in-butte-a-review-of-the-richest-hill-on-earth Richard S. Wheeler's historical novel dramatizes the rivalry between the "Copper Kings" in 19th century Butte, Mont. No publisher Karen Rigby The Richest Hill on Earth Copper Kings novels Butte, Montana copper mining historical fiction Richard S. Wheeler 2011-09-16T19:32:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.7/an-epic-tale-of-the-northwest-a-review-of-west-of-here In his novel, Jonathan Evison tackles the far-flung history of a fictional Northwestern community. No publisher Karen Rigby novels Jonathan Evison Western history historical fiction Pacific Northwest West of Here 2011-04-28T15:28:54Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.2/finding-freedom-in-yosemite Shelton Johnson's novel Gloryland traces the adventurous life of Elijah Yancy, a young man of black and Indian heritage, who roams the West in the 19th century. No publisher Melissa Mylchreest Buffalo soldiers Gloryland 19th century Western U.S. novels blacks and Indians in fiction Shelton Johnson historical fiction Yosemite 2010-02-05T08:55:26Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/373/17777 In her new novel, The Berkeley Pit, Dorothy Bryant intertwines the stories of two very different Berkeleys: The California college town during the ‘60s, and the famously toxic open-pit mine in Butte, Mont. No publisher Tanya Lee History Dorothy Bryant The Berkeley Pit historical fiction novels 1960s Berkeley California teachers students copper mines 2010-02-05T08:39:58Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/311/15955 In Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Rosemary and Joseph Agonito give a fictionalized account of the only woman warrior to fight at the Battle of the Little Bighorn No publisher Staff Indian Culture American Indians Buffalo Calf Road Woman Rosemary Agonito Joseph Agonito novels historical fiction Battle of the Little Bighorn Indian Wars General Custer women in history Native American women women warriors Native Americans 2010-02-05T08:31:59Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/325/16393 In his new novel, The Whistling Season, Ivan Doig explores the emotional life of settlers in Marias Coulee, Mont., in 1909 No publisher Stephen J Lyons The Whistling Season Ivan Doig historical fiction novels settlers Montana frontier life love stories Oliver Milliron coming of age stories schoolteachers Halley’s Comet family stories children in fiction housekeepers widowers widows family 2011-11-12T23:38:40Z News Article http://www.hcn.org/issues/336/16738 In The Willow Field, his first novel, memoirist William Kittredge serves up an old-fashioned potboiler No publisher N P Thompson Mountains Bix Beiderbecke Bitterroot novels William Kittredge Depression Era fiction first novels historical fiction Western life Earl Hines The Willow Field 2010-09-09T20:27:13Z News Article