American Historical Fiction

Another election season has come to a close. Whether your candidate of choice won or lost, it's good to remember that nothing is permanent in the United States. Every few years, we get another chance to decide what's important to us, and who we think will help make those things come to fruition. The years pass, the country changes and grows, and soon "tomorrow" becomes "history."

Historical fiction can take us back to a time long past in our nation, help us remember where we used to be, and where we've come. Here are some novels available at our library that take place during tumultuous times in the U.S. -- wars, the Dust Bowl, the turn of the 20th century, even back to our nation's very beginnings. Will our great grandchildren write novels about the 2010s? Only time will tell.

Hornet's Nest by Jimmy Carter

The Grapes of Wrath and Other Writings by John Steinbeck

Soulcatcher and Other Stories by Charles Johnson

Major Washington by Michael Kilian

1812 by David Nevin

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier

Ragtime by E. L. Doctorow 

To Try Men's Souls by Newt Gingrich

Caleb's Crossing by Geraldine Brooks