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Historical Novels by Bob O'Connor

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Link to synopsis of The Perfect Steel Trap Harpers Ferry 1859 Link to synopsis of The Virginian Who Might Have Saved Lincoln Link to synopsis of Catesby: Eyewitness to the Civil War Link to synopsis of The U.S. Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison

The Perfect Steel Trap
Harpers Ferry 1859

Experience the John Brown raid, trial and execution in Harpers Ferry and Charlestown, Virginia in 1859.

2006 Best Book Award Finalist, Historical Fiction

The Virginian Who Might
Have Saved Lincoln

Meet Ward Hill Lamon, President Lincoln's bodyguard, former law partner, and trusted friend.

2008 First Runner Up National Indie Excellence Awards, Audio Fiction

2008 Best Book Award Finalist, Audio Fiction Unabridged

Catesby: Eyewitness to the Civil War

See the Civil War thru the eyes of Catesby, a real slave who was captured in the John Brown raid, and later served in the Civil War as a blacksmith.

The U.S. Colored Troops at Andersonville Prison

This non-fiction book is the untold story of the 103 black soldiers confined in Andersonville Prison, the famed Confederate stockade in Georgia.

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