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Though American author Winston Churchill often focused on historical events as inspiration for his novels, his later work more often explored the way that events conspired to shape his characters' opinions and values. In A Far Country, protagonist Hugh Paret enters his career as a corporate lawyer full of high-minded ideals, but begins to change his outlook as he gains experience in the business world.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-279-1

The American novelist Winston Churchill (not to be confused with the British prime minister of the same name) was one of the most popular fiction writers of the early twentieth century. With World War I looming, Churchill took a break from imaginative work and traveled extensively in Europe. A Traveller in War-Time is a compelling document of his experiences and observations.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-63421-445-2

Though he never achieved the level of political influence that his British namesake had, American author Winston Churchill also dabbled in politics in his longtime home state of New Hampshire. The novel Coniston is a devastatingly detailed dive into the seedy underworld of local and state politics in early twentieth century America.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-275-3

This thought-provoking play from American author Winston Churchill (not to be confused with the British prime minister of the same name) explores the changes in the social fabric of the United States that began to take place in the early decades of the twentieth century. The upper-crust Pindar family, long the economic engine of their quaint New England town, serves as something of a microcosm for the forces at work in the country as a whole.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-380-4

One of the most popular American novels of the turn-of-the-century period, Richard Carvel is a gripping tale presented as the autobiography of a genteel gentleman whose adventures span the Atlantic during the era of the American revolutionary war. An exhaustive account spanning eight volumes, Richard Carvel is a must-read for fans of historical fiction.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-153-4

Regarded as one of the most significant literary figures of his era, American historical novelist Winston Churchill helmed the school of literary naturalism in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries. The spellbinding novel The Crisis focuses on the events leading up to the outbreak of the Civil War. The story takes as its center the Brice family of Missouri, which is torn apart by a complex web of loyalties to those on both sides of the battle.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-155-8

American novelist Winston Churchill (who bore no known relation to the British statesman of the same name) was regarded as a master of realist literature, and his novels paint a remarkably vivid picture of the daily lives of both the haves and the have-nots in the early-twentieth-century United States. The Dwelling-Place of Light focuses on a bitter struggle between mill workers and factory owners in a Massachusetts town—and the unforeseeable consequences that arise from the ugly clash.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-276-0