5 best-selling historical books like In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree by Michael A. McLellan

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In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree

By: Michael A. McLellan

4.38

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Born into slavery, Henry’s young life is spent working in tobacco drying sheds on Missouri plantati…

If you liked the historical plot in In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree by Michael A. McLellan , here is a list of 5 books like this:

1. People of the Longhouse (People of the Longhouse #1; North America's Forgotten Past #17)

By: Kathleen O'Neal Gear , W. Michael Gear

4.00

Format: None pages,

Born in a time of violent upheaval, young Odion and his little sister, Tutelo, live in fear that on… read more

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2. Moe Hankins

By: R.O. Lane

4.68

Format: 256 pages, Kindle Edition

Young Moe Hankins surrenders with his unit at Appomattox Court House and heads west because he hear… read more

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  • westerns
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3. Burning Ground (Frontier Time Traveler series, #1)

By: D.A. Galloway

4.37

Format: 450 pages, Kindle Edition

Does time heal all wounds? Or do some last forever? Pennsylvania, 1971: Graham Davidson is a y… read more

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  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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4. Coming of Winter (Jeremy Winter Thriller #1)

By: Tom Threadgill

4.24

Format: 406 pages, Kindle Edition

Catherine Mae Blackston is missing. She is not the first. While investigating Blackston’s recent a… read more

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  • fiction
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5. A Different Kind of Gone

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.19

Format: 293 pages, Kindle Edition

The truth behind a teenage girl’s disappearance becomes something to conceal in a gripping novel ab… read more

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  • fiction
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6. The Only Way Home

By: Jeanette Minniti

4.21

Format: 243 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2022 Colorado Authors League 1st Place Award in Historical Fiction! Desperate times.… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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7. October in the Earth

By: Olivia Hawker

4.21

Format: 310 pages, Kindle Edition

In Depression-era Kentucky, a defiant wife embarks on an impulsive and liberating journey in a powe… read more

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  • historical
  • novels
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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8. Out of the Dust

By: Joyce E. Patterson

4.24

Format: 397 pages, Kindle Edition

Two of America’s worst economic disasters occurred during the same period. One was the crash of the… read more

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  • historical fiction
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9. A Grave Every Mile (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 1)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.30

Format: 210 pages, Kindle Edition

Embark on a harrowing trek across the rugged American frontier in 1850. Your wagon awaits, and the … read more

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  • historical fiction
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10. Lone Tree Claim (On the Dakota Frontier, #2)

By: CK Van Dam

4.32

Format: 301 pages, Kindle Edition

Like many Americans, Civil War widow Katie Rose Kelly was determined to make a new life for herself… read more

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11. In the Shadow of the Hanging Tree

By: Michael A. McLellan

4.38

Format: 251 pages, Kindle Edition

Born into slavery, Henry’s young life is spent working in tobacco drying sheds on Missouri plantati… read more

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  • westerns
  • historical
  • civil war
  • war
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
  • novels
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12. Rolling Home (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 5)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.58

Format: 311 pages, Kindle Edition

Climb aboard! Don't miss the heart-pounding climax of the Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail series. Rol… read more

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13. The Weaver's Legacy (The O'Neill Trilogy, #2)

By: Olive Collins

4.42

Format: 476 pages, Kindle Edition

1865: Goldie O’Neill was nine years of age when she trekked across the unclaimed American West with… read more

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  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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14. The Morning River: Saga of the Mountain Sage, Book One: A Classic Historical Western Series

By: W. Michael Gear

4.25

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

A classic tale of danger and possibility in the American frontier, The Morning River is the thrilli… read more

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  • historical fiction
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15. White Mist Dog: Saga of the Mountain Sage, Book Two: A Classic Historical Western Series

By: W. Michael Gear

4.58

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

Immersed in the harsh realities of historical American frontiers, young pioneer Richard Hamilton is… read more

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  • westerns
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16. Lighten the Load (Ghosts Along the Oregon Trail Book 2)

By: David Fitz-Gerald

4.52

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

After a devastating tragedy, Dorcas Moon faces brutal choices in the unforgiving wilderness. An … read more

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  • historical fiction
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17. The Road to Malheur: A Tale of the American Fur Trade

By: C.J. Adrien

4.13

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

From bestselling and award-winning author C.J. Adrien comes a tale of hardship, friendship, and lov… read more

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18. White Jaguar 2: A Tale of the Spanish Main (The White Jaguar)

By: Arkady Fiedler

4.51

Format: 197 pages, Kindle Edition

An international best-seller since 1957, now finally in English. The Northern Coast of South Americ… read more

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19. Coyote Summer: Saga of the Mountain Sage, Book Four: A Classic Historical Western Series

By: W. Michael Gear

4.69

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

Coyote Summer is the final volume in New York Times, Western Writers Hall of Fame, and Spur Award w… read more

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20. A Panther's Scream: Saga of the Mountain Sage, Book Three: A Classic Historical Western Series

By: W. Michael Gear

4.67

Format: 364 pages, Kindle Edition

The epic begun in The Morning River and White Mist Dog continues in Saga of the Mountain Sage Book … read more

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  • historical fiction
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21. Bitter Ground: The epic journey of a banished people (Frontier Traveler series Book 3)

By: D.A. Galloway

4.56

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

126 days. 1200 miles. A fight for survival.After Graham Davidson witnessed Custer’s defeat at Littl… read more

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  • historical fiction
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22. Fatal Ground: Love, Betrayal & Death in Montana Territory (Frontier Traveler series Book 2)

By: D.A. Galloway

4.55

Format: 331 pages, Kindle Edition

Forbidden love. Broken trust. Deadly choices.All Graham Davidson desired was to marry Makawee, the … read more

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  • historical fiction
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23. To the Green Valleys Yonder: A Western Frontier Adventure (The Townes Party on the Oregon Trail Book 2)

By: Robert Peecher

4.52

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

The Townes Party has made Bridger's Fort. But it's already late in the season. Disputes among the… read more

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24. Poverty Flat

By: Major Mitchell

4.35

Format: 240 pages, Kindle Edition

Chris came to California to forget about the war. What he found was a pregnant woman and her nine y… read more

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25. What the River of the Cherokee Did Not Tell: Jonathan's Story I (Sons of the New World #2)

By: James Short

3.97

Format: 438 pages, Kindle Edition

Jonathan Asher hides in a hollowed log with his sister while his family’s cabin on the River of the… read more

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  • historical fiction
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26. An Incident at South Pass: A Western Frontier Adventure (The Townes Party on the Oregon Trail Book 1)

By: Robert Peecher

4.45

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

Terror on the Emigrant Trail. In the vast wilderness of the early West, a tribunal must decide the… read more

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27. Shadowed Forest (The Peacemaker’s Tale #2)

By: W. Michael Gear

4.63

Format: 232 pages, Kindle Edition

In their latest masterpiece, renowned authors W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O'Neal Gear delve into t… read more

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28. This Savage World

By: Anna Housego

4.43

Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition

What happens when you're cast out from everything you love and know?From the moment London midwife … read more

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  • historical fiction
Cover of The Blood of My Mother: a powerful historical saga about family, race and overcoming adversity by Roccie Hill

29. The Blood of My Mother: a powerful historical saga about family, race and overcoming adversity

By: Roccie Hill

4.34

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

A woman fights for her life as a refugee, slave, mother, and farmer, in this "saga with many layers… read more

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  • westerns
  • historical
  • fiction
  • historical fiction
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30. Bone Necklace

By: Julia Sullivan

4.50

Format: 302 pages, Kindle Edition

In the summer of 1877, the bedraggled remains of the Nez Perce tribe took on the U.S. Army and, des… read more

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31. Flight Of The Hawk: The River

By: W. Michael Gear

4.36

Format: 271 pages, Kindle Edition

INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLING AUTHOR W. MICHAEL GEAR TURNS HIS MASTER’S HAND TO THE FRONTIER WEST. … read more

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  • westerns
  • fiction
  • historical fiction

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