Bibliography
 

Below is an incomplete list of nonfiction books that were useful in researching and writing The High Heaven. I know firsthand the kind of hard work that goes into trying to tell accurate true stories about our history. Though this novel is as speculative as it is historical, it would not exist without the commitment to research and accuracy I've found in many nonfiction books that helped me to build the world of the novel. Not listed, of course, are the many family stories and albums that inspired the novel. These are their own kind of truth, to which I am also endlessly indebted.