This Week's Acquisitions
- John Milliken Thompson, Love and Lament (Other, 2013). Family saga set in post-Civil War North Carolina, following the youngest child in a big family. (Barnes & Noble)
- Kent Wascom, The Blood of Heaven (Grove, 2013). Pre-Civil War picaresque featuring a poor man who traverses the country until he finally winds up with Aaron Burr. (Barnes & Noble)