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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

Think that the problem of large corporations exercising undue influence in the political sphere is a recent phenomenon? If so, think again. Mr. Crewe's Career, an eye-opening historical novel set in the early twentieth century, follows the efforts of the railroad industry to steamroll its way into state politics in New Hampshire.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-274-6

Not to be confused with his counterpart, the esteemed British statesman, American author Winston Churchill was a military man by training who gave up a promising career as an officer to pursue his dream of becoming a novelist. In The Celebrity, Churchill spins a wildly entertaining yarn about an unnamed celebrity's hijinks as he takes his summer vacation at a fashionable resort.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-277-7

Not to be confused with the famed twentieth-century British prime minister, American author Winston Churchill took as his fictional palette the history of his native country. Following in the tradition of Churchill's other sweeping historical epics, The Crossing is a thrilling account of the settlement of the Western United States, with a particular focus on the rough-and-tumble early years of the territory that would later become Kentucky.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-154-1

A renowned American novelist who is regarded as one of the foremost figures in the literary genre of naturalism, Winston Churchill often wrote about the clashes between upper-class and working-class groups in the highly stratified communities of New England. In The Inside of the Cup, Churchill turns his remarkably incisive eye upon the subject of religion, exploring the way that one Midwestern community is torn apart—and brought together again—by the church.
Standort: Overdrive Onleihbibliothek
ISBN: 978-1-62013-278-4