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1) Shiloh
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Shiloh quartet volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
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When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
2) Shiloh
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This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War. Shiloh conveys not only the bloody choreography of Union and Confederate troops through the woods near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, but the inner movements of the combatants' hearts and minds. Through the eyes of officers and illiterate foot soldiers, heroes, and cowards, Shiloh creates...
3) Shiloh
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Civil War battle series volume 2
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Shiloh is the second book in a series of novels spanning the Civil War and describing its effects on one southern family. The Brannon son, Cory, is working as a riverboat crewman when he sees Union forces approaching and finds that he must choose sides.
4) Shiloh
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Renee O'Malley has gotten very good at using assumed names, living on the run, and hiding from people who want her dead. When Shiloh Boudreau drops everything to follow a lead on the missing woman, he runs into one itty-bitty problem-she refuses to stay found. With her past rapidly closing in, can Shiloh keep her safe without losing his heart?
"In Shiloh Springs, Kathy Ivan has crafted warm, engaging characters that will steal your heart and a mystery...
5) Shiloh
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The Civil War made him a man. The battle of Shiloh made him a hero and gave him a nickname that stuck.
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Shiloh quartet volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness, takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt can go and how long it takes to heal.
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The bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862 changed the entire course of the American Civil War. The stunning Northern victory thrust Union commander Ulysses S. Grant into the national spotlight, claimed the life of Confederate commander Albert S. Johnston, and forever buried the notion that the Civil War would be a short conflict.
The conflagration had its roots in the strong Union advance during the winter of 1861-1862 that...
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Kindred novels (Lori Benton) volume 2
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December 1795. A year has passed since Ian Cameron reluctantly sent his uncle's former slave Seona and their son, Gabriel, north to his kin in Boston. Determined to fully release them, Ian strives to make a life at Mountain Laurel, his inherited plantation, along with Judith, the wife he's vowed to love and cherish. But when tragedy leaves him alone with his daughter, Mandy, and his three remaining slaves, he decides to return north. An act of kindness...
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Shiloh quartet volume 4
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 8
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With Christmas coming, Marty and Shiloh hope the holiday will bring their town the generosity of spirit that's lacking, but a fire in the woods destroys homes and the town blames the man Marty rescued Shiloh from.
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Who's ready for some fantastic family saga? Are you ready to go back to Three Rivers, Texas and visit all your favorite families and cowboys? Of course you are!
You'll get to meet the Glovers in the first 4 books of the Shiloh Ridge Ranch in Three Rivers series, which are all packed with holiday cheer, cowboy billionaires, family relationships, and heartwarming stories that will make you laugh and cry, sigh and swoon, and cheer for every member in...
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Shiloh and Dande the Lion is an imaginative story that explores diversity, tolerance, and empowerment through the fantastic dream of a young boy. Shiloh, whose name means peace, is bullied at a new school for the color of his skin. After talking to his mom about it, Shiloh discovers a dandelion in his backyard. He makes a wish, goes to sleep, and Dande the Lion comes to life! Unexpected adventures await Shiloh, as he meets unlikely creatures that...
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Two teenage sisters are in an automobile accident a few miles from the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh. Penny, the older sister, is killed outright, while Sandy ends up in a coma, seeing visions of oddly dressed people speaking a strange form of English, on their way to die in the great battle at Shiloh.
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It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: the relentless Ulysses Grant, fresh off his career-making victory...
14) South of Shiloh
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A nameless sniper is targeting participants in popular Civil War battle reenactments, and Minnesota reenactor Paul Edin is killed at the mock Battle of Kirby Creek, near Corinth, Mississippi. His death is ruled an accident, but Paul's widow, Jenny, discovers that the sniper's bullet was meant for the man standing next to Paul, a cop named Kenny Beeman. To penetrate the Mississippi smokescreen, Jenny enlists the aid of her former lover, news photographer...
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"A best-selling novelist enlists her own sister to bring us the story of two Southern sisters, disguised as men, who join the Confederate Army--one seeking vengeance on the battlefield, the other finding love. In a war that pitted brother against brother, two sisters choose their own battle. Joseph and Thomas are fresh recruits for the Confederate Army, daring to join the wild fray that has become the seemingly endless Civil War, sharing everything...
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What I Saw at Shiloh by Ambrose Bierce, narrated by Mike Vendetti. The audiobook is a first-hand account of the Battle of Shiloh, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. Bierce, who was a soldier in the Union Army, was present at the battle and provides a vivid and often harrowing account of the fighting.
Vendetti's narration is excellent. He brings Bierce's words to life with his clear and expressive voice. He also does a good job...
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Wilber F. Crummer was an acquaintance and neighbor of Ulysses S. Grant in Galena, Illinois. When civil war broke out, he became "one of the Boys in Blue" who followed General Grant in the Battles of Fort Donelson, Shiloh and Vicksburg. His stirring and vivid accounts of these significant civil war battles, covering the years 1862-63, are filled with historic detail and conclude with his appreciation of General Grant.
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Shiloh. In Hebrew it means 'place of peace'. An apt name for a tiny Methodist chapel close to the banks of the Tennessee river. It has borne witness to christenings, weddings, and funerals. Its parishioners are thankful for their peace. Peace, that is, until Grant's Union army arrives to take up every available space in and around the church and on all of the community's farmland. Within his camps are soldiers that are simple, scared, green, boastful,...
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At daybreak on April 6, 1862, Confederate forces launched a bold suprise attack on the Union army, encamped in southwestern Tennesse. The battle of Shiloh, also known as the battle of Pittsburg Landing, would prove to be the bloodiest battle up until that point in United Staes history. The two day battle would cost a staggering 23,000 casualties. Both sides were stunned at the appalling loss of life. At the time, neither realized that three more years...