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How about ?Yankee in Atlanta

I'm thinking A Stranger on My Land might work well for this challenge.

Wow! This is definitely going to be a challenge but look forward to i!

I think might work. I will be checking my local library for ideas.

Lydia wrote: "How about ?Yankee in Atlanta"

I wondered about the books in that series too- especially that one and or

If anyone needs a suggestion, I read a book last month that should work for this challenge.

Lydia wrote: "How about ?Yankee in Atlanta"

That one looks like it should work well.

Karen wrote: "Wow! This is definitely going to be a challenge but look forward to i!

I think might work. I will be checking my local library for ideas."

It's a bit hard for me to tell from the blurb if the leads are on opposite sides of the war. I'm interested in hearing what you discover about this.

Karen wrote: "I wondered about the books in that series too- especially that one and or "

The Spy of Richmond sounds like the leads might both be on the Union side. If there turns out to be a POV character from the Confederacy as well, it would work.

Widow of Gettysburg will definitely work, because one lead is a Union widow and the other is a Confederate scout.

Lynnette Cantrell wrote: "If anyone needs a suggestion, I read a book last month that should work for this challenge.
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Thanks for sharing, Lynnette!

Here are several books that will work for this challenge:

Thanks for sharing, Loraine!

Andrea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Wow! This is definitely going to be a challenge but look forward to i!

I think might work. I will be checking my local library for ideas."
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Thanks, Andrea - it wasn't clear to me either whether those would work. Once I have my library copies, I'll post what I find out.

I finished my Gothic read for March, yesterday. I ended up choosing one of the older authors, as I remember loving books by Phyllis A. Whitney. I read and enjoyed the suspense.

For the month of April I had already chosen to read for the Manpower challenge (a book by a male author) and amazingly it fits here too!

Karen wrote: "Thanks, Andrea - it wasn't clear to me either whether those would work. Once I have my library copies, I'll post what I find out."

Thanks! I'll be watching to see what you learn about them.

Katrina wrote: "I finished my Gothic read for March, yesterday. I ended up choosing one of the older authors, as I remember loving books by Phyllis A. Whitney. I read an..."

Great job, Katrina!

Congrats, Katrina! One of my Gothic reads for March is also a Phyllis A. Whitney, .
I hope to finish it tomorrow. I also loved reading her books and will probably read several more this year. My local library has several collections of her books avalilable in Hoopla.

I found another Gilbert Morris that I think works for this month

I'll give April a shot I'm normally don't read Civil War fiction.

Karen wrote: "Congrats, Katrina! One of my Gothic reads for March is also a Phyllis A. Whitney, .
I hope to finish it tomorrow. I also loved reading her books and will probably rea..."

I checked and my library has Silverhill. I will try and fit it in sometime this year, as her books are enjoyable. Thanks!

I think I think this one would work as she the heroine is Tennessean and Confederate while the hero is a Union Solider. I've already read it so it doesn't work for as it's not a genre I like to reread.

Carissa wrote: "I'll give April a shot I'm normally don't read Civil War fiction."

I'm right there with you, Carissa. Not my favorite genre.

Thanks for sharing all those suggestions, friends!

Andrea wrote: "Karen wrote: "Thanks, Andrea - it wasn't clear to me either whether those would work. Once I have my library copies, I'll post what I find out."

Thanks! I'll be watching to see what you learn abou..."

Andrea - here is what I learned about the two books in question:
- this one has both main characters on the same side so would not work for this genre.

- this book begins by identifying some history of Richmond and that "In fact, as late as April 12, 1861, Richmond was a Union town." This book was "inspired by first-person accounts of Union loyalists and Confederates living in Richmond during the Civil War." So the heroine is an abolitionist/Union loyalist, her suitor is a Cinfederate officer, and her father is a slaveholder. Therefore this should work just like Widow of Gettysburg.

I look forward to reading them both. I was unfamiliar with Richmond's history of Union loyalists.

That's great to hear about Spy of Richmond! Thanks for those updates, Karen. Much appreciated.

Andrea wrote: "Lynnette Cantrell wrote: "If anyone needs a suggestion, I read a book last month that should work for this challenge.
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Thanks for sharing, Lynnette!"

Thanks for this suggestion. I enjoy Lynn Austin and think I'll choose this book for this challenge!

Crystal wrote: "Andrea wrote: "Lynnette Cantrell wrote: "If anyone needs a suggestion, I read a book last month that should work for this challenge.
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Thanks for sharing..."

Happy to help. I hope you enjoy it.

I finally finished my Gothic book for March:

Will look for a Civil War book for April next!

Great job!

I finally finished one of my March Gothic reads - Silverhill by Phyllis A. Whitney.

Great work, Karen!

Kate wrote: "I'm thinking A Stranger on My Land might work well for this challenge."
I finished this just now, and think it works for the challenge. Though Carrie did not have strong ideological leanings one way or the other really, she was definitely from a Confederate family (her father is fighting for the Confederacy, and her aunt hates all Yankees). And, of course, you have Adam, who is a Union soldier.

This evening I found this children's book that works for the challenge -

Great finds, y'all!

Yankee in Atlanta finished

Great job, Lydia!

Thank you Andrea

Just finished my first one for this month's genre - Escape by Night: A Civil War Adventure. It was a good children's book about the young son of a Presbyterian minister in Augusta, Georgia. His father's church is being used by the Confederates as a hospital and the family supports the Confederates. He meets a Yankee soldier in the hospital.

Next up -

Fantastic!

I've got a couple on hold at the library since this isn't a genre I generally read I didn't want to buy any. But they haven't come in yet. So this will be one finish up in May.

Sounds great!

- I finished this one - not sure if it fits 100%, Lizzie worked for a southern family on the confederacy side and nursed soldiers, though she did not believe in the slavery etc - clear in her action by teaching slaves to read - main male is Captain on Confederacy army

If this won't fit, will see if I get another book read otherwise just going to skip this genre

Looks like they're both on the Confederate side. Sounds like a good read, though! :)

I didn't get to a Civil War read in April.

If you want to play catch-up, that's okay too. I will be. :)

Andrea wrote: "If you want to play catch-up, that's okay too. I will be. :)"

I will try to do that. I have a couple that I think will work, but just didn't get them read.

I hope to catch up on several in May! The nice thing is, several of my catch-up books work for the Movie Title Quarterly challenge.

Curious to see what May's genre will be.

Karen wrote: "Curious to see what May's genre will be."

Coming soon!

May's genre is Victorian.

Examples:

Andrea - could you please help me understand the difference between Victorian and Regency.

Got my April read in just in time with heroine disguised Union Solider, Hero fighting for the Confederacy.

Karen wrote: "Andrea - could you please help me understand the difference between Victorian and Regency."

Sure thing, Karen.

From Wikipedia:
"In the history of the United Kingdom and the British Empire, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901."

And:
"The Regency era of British history is commonly applied to the years between c.�1795 and 1837, although the official regency for which it is named only spanned the years 1811 to 1820."

So Regency books are usually set between 1811 and 1820, in England, while Victorian books are generally set between 1837 and 1901, during Queen Victoria's reign, also in England.

Carissa wrote: "Got my April read in just in time with heroine disguised Union Solider, Hero fighting for the Confederacy."

Great job, Carissa!