Historical Fiction Civil War Books Novels & Stories

Sitting at her desk Tuesday evening, Leesa flipped the cover of her history book closed. For the last half hour she had been studying the causes of the Civil War, but she didn’t think she was going to retain much of what she read. Every time she came across Abraham Lincoln’s name, her mind wandered to the popular book and movie about Lincoln being a vampire hunter. With all she had learned since arriving at Weston, she wondered if it could possibly have been true. She doubted that Lincoln had actually been a vampire hunter, of course, but she had once doubted her mom’s story about the one-fanged vampire, and look how that turned out.

I browsed the shelves, and I read the titles. Into the fire, A firsthand Account of the extraordinary Battle in Afghan War by Dakota Meyer, Bing West 500 Days, Secrets and Lies in the Terror Wars- Kurt Eichenwald The War for crown and Empire There are all sorts of books about wars here. I paused in front of a book that I deemed the most interesting. I pulled it out of the shelf and stared at it, contemplating whether to get on with it or not. I can choose a much thinner book… The 33 Strategies of War- Robert Greene

In Adam's hand was the leather case she was temporarily bound to, being admired in all corners. "Oh, hey, can't figure out how to open it." Within the speed of light, the leather case was out of Adam's hold. "That's not it," she buried it beneath her books and unzipped another pouch. "Here. Sorry, I should have been more precise." She wiped off an imaginary bead of sweat. "Okay, um, we're beginning with the outbreak of the civil war. What year was that again?" She nervously flipped through pages and even past the required page.