Making of America Books in Order

Searching St. Louis for his missing brother, Danny O'Lee meets Liberty Wells, whose past links her to the man he seeks. Their story draws him into the conflict over slavery and the Civil War in the West.

As rival interests race to complete the transcontinental railroad, violence, sabotage, and labor disputes threaten the enterprise. Liberty Lee becomes caught in the struggle among railroad builders, powerful financiers, and people with hidden motives.

A wagon train heads west from Independence with travelers whose private ambitions threaten their shared journey. An inexperienced scout, a dangerous leader, stolen treasure, and a concealed murderer turn the crossing into more than a struggle against the wilderness.

The California gold rush brings an unlikely group of fortune seekers west in 1849. Lady Pamela Buttle-Jones, her daughter Selena, Danny O'Lee, and gambler King Sutton pursue wealth amid shifting relationships and the risks of frontier life.

The opening of Oklahoma land in 1889 draws settlers into a race for new homes while Native people face dispossession. Miranda Goodrowe's marriage and mixed ancestry place her personal story within the upheaval.

Trappers and fur traders compete for survival and profit in the early nineteenth-century West. Maria DeVizes, the Kruger brothers, and Barry Fitzpatrick become entangled in rivalries that lead toward conflict at Pierre's Hole.

Outlaws and lawmen struggle for control during the closing years of the Wild West. The James brothers, Wild Bill Hickok, the Doolin gang, Rose of Cimarron, and marshal Bill Tilghman figure in its overlapping conflicts.

Joe Floyd seeks a new life along the Wilderness Road into Kentucky in the 1770s. The journey brings danger, divided loyalties, and relationships shaped by the clash between incoming settlers and the Shawnee.

During the Klondike gold rush, Bryan Mathews attracts the attention of Baroness Irina Feodorovna and her daughter Milla. Their competing desires draw him into a struggle where romance, ambition and control of Alaska's riches become entangled.

Robert Sanderson arrives in California determined to establish an enduring dynasty. As he and his son Reb pursue wealth and influence, their relationships with Pilar and the actress Lida threaten the future they are building together.

Jason Briscoe drives cattle toward Abilene while dreaming of a dynasty, but ruthless soldier and cowboy Print Varner pursues his own ambitions. Their rivalry extends to Tamar Swanson amid the violent struggles of the Texas frontier.

Two logging camps take shape in Washington Territory in 1853, drawing ambitious settlers into fierce competition. Randall's concealed past, York's hunger for power, and the desires of Beryl and Melanie complicate their struggle to build new lives.

In the 1840s, Texan Joel Falconer joins an expedition seeking to conquer New Mexico and reach Santa Fe. His ambitions turn to revenge when his young wife is murdered by a mysterious man known as El Diablo.

After the Civil War, Birdwell Jacobs heads west seeking freedom and a new life. His rise among the buffalo soldiers and his love for Jody Robb unfold against military conflict and racial barriers in Colorado Territory.

Roger Bernard and Antoine Rolande's rivalry over Rosalie Despres begins a feud that shapes three generations of their families. Love, betrayal, two wars and a religious miracle influence their fortunes in this historical saga of Cajun life.

Yankee sea captain Lorrin O'Lee arrives in nineteenth-century Hawaii, where mainland settlers bring competing religious and territorial ambitions. Drawn between an American heiress and a Hawaiian princess, he becomes entangled in romance, intrigue and violence.

After the Civil War, Yvonne Beaunais and her daughter treat the sick in Virginia City with herbal remedies. Yvonne's hopes for her daughter's medical education meet resistance from Matthew Lassiter, whose power dominates the mining town.

Young Wes Cardigan becomes Wild Bill Hickok's pupil after helping the Abilene marshal confront outlaws. Learning to draw quickly brings romance and rising prestige, while Hickok's declining abilities and the threatening McCall complicate their shared future.

After the Civil War, powerful speculators use deception and violence to seize land intended for homesteaders. The Earl of Dunraven's cousin Dorothy opposes his schemes, but her attachment to a mysterious man gives him another weapon.

Parker guards a dead cattle baron's range while struggling with a secret from his past. Wyoming magnate Goodpasture seeks further land and the Englishwoman Leslie Kendrake, bringing competing ambitions and romantic desires into the struggle for control.

Georgia, Clarissa, Eaton and Casey travel the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers during the nineteenth century's westward expansion. Their intertwined lives unfold among settlers seeking new opportunities, with betrayal and danger accompanying the promise of wealth and reinvention.

Former bareknuckle fighter John Faust pursues oil beneath the Texas soil while his enemy Brom Torgeson seeks to destroy him. Bryna Torgeson's relationships with Faust and his son turn their struggle for riches into a personal conflict.

As Louisiana changes hands in 1803, Tanguay La Branche recognizes that celebrations of restored French rule may be short-lived. This historical romance follows Creole anxieties over identity and their future as an American purchase approaches.

This historical novel follows the Donner-Reed wagon train's westward journey in 1846. Illness, poor leadership and feuding weaken the travelers before mountain storms trap them, forcing families to confront starvation, violence and desperate choices about survival.

In 1860, young Pony Express riders carry mail between Missouri and California through dangerous frontier territory. This western follows their struggles on horseback against hostile encounters and exploitation as they try to keep the route running.

After the Civil War, Tennessee's Lanier family divides when Everett seeks justice and his son Matt joins the Ku Klux Klan. Their lives intertwine with Arkansas's Catlins, while Adele Lanier's conflicting attachments deepen the family's turmoil.

A cattle magnate and a cotton planter compete for love and influence amid Oklahoma's great land rush. Their rivalry unfolds within a historical frontier novel about settlers pursuing opportunities in territory where competing ambitions collide.

During California's 1849 gold rush, Katie and Abbie Larkin struggle to establish their lives amid vigilante violence. Isaac Davis and Albion Jordan become rivals for Abbie as disputes over justice and murder engulf their turbulent community.

In 1846, Beth Lowell leaves New York society to follow adventurer Michael Porter to California. Her life becomes entwined with his powerful family at Rancho Cielo, where personal losses, romantic attachments and concealed history threaten the ranch.

Southern aristocrat Beau Ashton reaches California's Barbary Coast in 1862 with his fiancée Amoreena. His confrontation with convicted murderer Jean LeClair, who dominates the region, draws the couple into a struggle over land, power and love.

After the Civil War, a Confederate captain and his blockade-running crew flee to the Caribbean. Their search for refuge leads into further adventures and romantic entanglements beyond the defeated Confederacy.

A cowboy and a city lawyer pursue their fortunes in Montana's copper boom. Their ambitions become entangled with a red-haired beauty amid the scramble for the territory's mineral wealth.

A leading poker player on the Mississippi faces a gamble that puts his life at risk. The river's gambling world becomes the setting for a dangerous contest.

U.S. marshal Reb Benton joins Pinkerton agent Charley Siringo in pursuit of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Going undercover in their gang complicates his assignment when he falls for Cassidy's girlfriend, Angela McGee.

Called home from abroad, Clay Monroe enters the world of wealthy speculator Harvel Packer. His work brings him into contact with powerful financial interests while drawing him toward secrets in his family's past.

Captain Benjamin Bonneville's 1832 expedition seeks a new route west from Independence. Guide Joe Walker, mapmaker Gabe McCain, and financier Drummond Stewart travel with a party divided by rivalry, suspicious newcomers, and a dangerous renegade.

After an attack, Tessa and Ezra Nesbitt encounter Billy the Kid and Mark Halloran. Ezra's admiration for Billy and Tessa's growing attachment to Mark complicate their lives as the Lincoln County conflict divides loyalties.