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Books published by publisher White Mane Kids

  • Lottie's Courage: A Contraband Slave's Story

    Phyllis Hall Haislip

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Feb. 1, 2003)
    In 1862, a ten-year-old girl and an old woman start a new life after they escape a slave trader and are rescued by Union soldiers, who take them as "contraband of war" to Fortress Monroe in Hampton, Virginia.
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  • Hawaii Goes to War: The Aftermath of Pearl Harbor

    Jr. Jones, Wilbur D., Carroll Robbins Jones, Wilbur D. Jones

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, April 23, 2001)
    For six months following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii rearmed and awaited the inevitable. Patricia O'Meara Robbins, a professional photographer, documented everyday life as the shocked Oahu community recovered from one attack and prepared for another. In Hawaii Goes to War, the Joneses skillfully interweave Carroll's childhood remembrances and her mother's photographs with the history of the fleet salvage operations that enabled the navy to take on the Japanese armed forces. They follow the war from Pearl Harbor to the battles of the Coral Sea that led up to the triumph of Midway.
  • Divided Loyalties: A Revolutionary War Fifer's Story

    Phyllis Hall Haislip

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Aug. 30, 2005)
    As the Revolutionary War progresses, eleven-year-old Teddy, upset by the conflicts between his Patriot father and Loyalist mother, mistakenly joins the wrong unit of his local Williamsburg, Virginia, regiment and, as a member of the fife and drum corps, marches to South Carolina to participate in the Battle of Camden in August 1780.
  • Crossroads at Gettysburg

    Alan N. Kay

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Oct. 30, 2005)
    The North and South finally meet! But how will Thomas react when George's Confederates invade his home in Pennsylvania? Can Lynn’s brother Daniel and Thomas withstand the Confederate onslaught? Will George’s gallant charge across the field lead him right into the arms of his cousin Thomas? And most importantly, will Mary recover in time to stop her brother and cousin from killing each other before it’s too late?
  • Midnight Journey: Running for Freedom on the Underground Railroad

    Shawneen Orzechowski

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Sept. 11, 2006)
    In the early morning shadows, Abigail finds Isaac and runaway slave named Cora and hiding in a dark corner of her barn. Though shocked at this discovery, Abigail is soon drawn into her family's closely guarded secret their farm is a safe haven for runaway slaves on the Underground Railroad. The farm may not be a safe place for long, however, as Isaac and Cora have barely escaped with their lives. And they are still being pursued. Racing against time and a notorious slave catcher, can Abigail help gain freedom for Cora?
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  • The Secret of the Lion's Head

    Beverly B. Hall

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, June 1, 1995)
    Living with her aunt in Richmond during the Civil War, Annie notices mysterious goings on and suspects that Auntie Elizabeth is a Union spy
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  • Anybody's Hero: The Battle of Old Men and Young Boys

    Phyllis Hall Haislip

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Feb. 1, 2004)
    In June 1864, twelve-year-old Luca and his friend Jim join Luca's grandfather and the other old men and boys of Petersburg, Virginia, to defend the city from the advancing Union army.
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  • The Bucktails' Antietam Trials

    William P. Robertson, David Rimer

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Sept. 1, 2005)
    In September 1862, the men and boys of the Bucktail Regiment find themselves facing the Confederate troops at Antietam Creek and need all their resolve to capture some good from the tragic events of the ensuing battle.
  • Send 'Em South

    Alan N. Kay

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, June 30, 2001)
    After the sale of her mother at a slave auction tears apart her family, Lisa runs away to avoid the same fate.
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  • Ghosts of Vicksburg

    Kathleen Ernst

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, July 1, 2003)
    When Jamie Carswell joins the 14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment fighting in Vicksburg, Mississippi, he finds his cousin Althea living there, trying to make peace with her past while struggling to keep her family safe during the Union's siege.
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  • The Battling Bucktails at Fredericksburg

    William P. Robertson, David Rimer

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, Aug. 30, 2006)
    In 1862, still not recovered from the terrible battle of Antietam, the Bucktails find themselves facing even greater trials at the battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia, in a brutal winter campaign that includes grueling mud marches, lack of warm clothing, a meager diet, and dissension within their ranks. meager diet, and dissension within their ranks. meager diet, and dissension within their ranks.
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  • Nightmare

    Shelley Sykes, Lois Szymanski

    Paperback (White Mane Pub, June 1, 2002)
    While looking for a new trail at their Gettysburg campground, Chucky and his friends discover and try to help the ghost of a horse that had been in the Battle of Gettysburg.
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