Books like Leafy Rivers by Jessamyn West

Craig of the Mohicans, a frontier scout turns away from civilization, forming a bond with a Mohican warrior as they escort two sisters across the perilous wilderness of America's frontier.

An ancient Greek tale of transformation and magic in the form of a classic novel and translation.

A young Florida boy in the early 20th century bonds with an orphaned fawn named Flag. Their friendship endures storms and wild beasts, while their family's rough life on a small farm tests resilience and hope.

A fast-paced historical romance set in early America, featuring the legendary Natty Bumppo and a love story set against the backdrop of the French and Indian War.

A Chilean woman embarks on a quest to find her lover in 1840s California's goldfields, facing numerous challenges and adventures along the way.

The Deerslayer: A prequel to James Fenimore Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, focusing on the rapid civilizing of New York and the introduction of the hero, Natty Bumppo, to the frontiersmen of the time.

Natty Bumppo's first journey into frontier life and the challenges of defending his freedom against dangerous Indians and the corrupting influence of a ruthless new lawman, setting the stage for the larger story of The Last of the Mohicans.

A group of settlers encounters an old trapper on the prairie in 1805, as they push westward over the Great Plains for new land and opportunities in the United States of America, while the country is still being explored.

A historical adventure novel about a Chilean seamstress who flees to Peru and forms a passionate bond with a conquistador, leading to the creation of a new city and a clash between the Spanish and indigenous peoples of Chile.

A rough-tooth frontier story about daring ambitions and a covert conspiracy threatening the American West.

A thrilling historical spy novel set during the American Revolution, inspired by accusations of venality and featuring a common man wrongly suspected as a spy for the British, who refuses to accept payment for information vital to the Patriot's cause.

A historical fiction that follows a retired schoolteacher’s search for truth after discovering a British colonial diary in East Africa, illuminating the Asian diaspora’s ties to the region’s multicultural past.

By far the world's largest river, the Amazon flows through the greatest expanse of tropical rain forest on earth. Human beings settled in Amazonia ten thousand years ago and learned to live well on its bounty. Europeans first saw it around 1500 and started settling there in the seventeenth century. By the nineteenth century, Amazonian natives had almost been destroyed by diseases and slavery. Although the rubber industry created huge fortunes, it was at a fearful cost in human misery. In the last hundred years, the Amazon has seen intrepid explorers, entrepreneurial millionaires, and political extremists; alongside them, scientists, anthropologists, and archaeologists have sought to discover its secrets. Today, the world's appetite for timber, beef, and soya is destroying this great tropical forest. Hemming explains why the Amazon is environmentally crucial and describes the passionate struggles to exploit and to protect it.

A novel exploring the final years of a renowned writer caught in the conflict between his beloved wife and the Tolstoyan movement, with a compelling portrayal of a genius at the crossroads of his life and legacy.

Describes, in brief text and illustrations, a year in the life of a river bank town and the many changes that occur throughout the seasons.

A tale of the 1839-1846 Anti-rent War in New York, featuring the Littlepage Manuscripts and classic literature characters, including James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, focusing on themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, through the eyes of the Littlepage family, who uncover a secret manuscript that reveals the true power behind the anti-rent movement, and how it was suppressed by those in control, offering a fresh perspective on the history of the era through the lens of a family torn between tradition and change, amidst the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future, with the Littlepage family's journey reflecting the themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future, and the Littlepage family's journey reflecting the themes of rebellion, political activism, and the clash between tradition and progress, set against the backdrop of the tumultuous social upheaval of the time, with James Fenimore Cooper and Ralph Waldo Emerson as characters who embody the conflict of tradition and progress, and the struggle between the past and the future.