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(0)Tecla Emerson
Author
Publisher
OutLook Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Olivia had led a comfortable and protected life tucked up in the northern corner of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Her whole world unexpectedly and suddenly collapsed leaving her in charge of a household that she knew nothing about. She was called on to make decisions and create a life out of the ashes left by the encroaching war. It was 1863 and she was tossed into a world where she quickly realized that little of what she knew was of much value. Instead,...
Author
Publisher
OutLook Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"in the late 1800s a ferocious nor'easter traveled up the New England coast. It forced a three-masted schooner up on the rocks. It was within sight of the Hendricks Head Lighthouse. History says there were no survivors. However, a trunk was found that had been washed ashore. It held a most unusual and interesting surprise" --
Author
Publisher
OutLook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Hock snuck off in the dark of night to join the Union Army. He was too young to be part of the fighting force but now, taller than most, he easily joined their ranks. Wounded in the battle at Petersburg he was captured and sent to a Confederate prisoner-of-war camp -- a camp so horrid, it is still written of todday. As one more of Andersonville's nameless inmates, he was given a number. Identified as Unknown 9586," he was thrown on the death...
Author
Publisher
Outlook Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Emily at 15 is bored and annoyed with just about everything and everybody. Tired of her chores and irritated by her three younger sisters, she would like to have a life of her own. Her parents are absent, her Father off fighting a war she doesn't understand and her Mother has gone to Pennsylvania. She, the eldest of four sisters, must take responsibility for her home and family. When the bloodiest battle of the Civil War is fought almost on her doorstep...
Author
Publisher
Outlook Publications
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"My being for ever banished from your sight?" Who was this "...undutiful and Disobedient Child" who in 1756 penned a letter to her father in England? What had she done to so offend him? Why, as a well educated young girl, had she become an indentured servant? Why was she alone? In her letter, she pleads with her father to forgive her and to at least send her a bit of clothing. "...almost naked, no shoes nor stockings to wear." Here, within these pages,...
Author
Publisher
OutLook Press
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Katy was 16 when the hard times came. Her father disappeared in the night and her mother left her with a tiny baby sister. She was suddenly thrust into the role of caretaker. It was a responsibility she didn't want. The farming life was not for her and now she had to find a way to survive and to keep her younger brothers from starving. How could she ever be free of a life she hadn't chosen? it was the 1840s and thousands were dying from the great...
Author
Publisher
OutLook Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"Molly lived on an island far away from the mainland. She was an orphan and there was no one to care for her. Sent to live in a house filled with boys she was pressed into the role of cook and caretaker. Her life became that of a servant. When an unfortunate incident took place that threatened to scar her forever, she was sent to live with an angered and bitter veteran of the Civil War. Living the life of a recluse and with battle scars of his own,...
Author
Publisher
OutLook Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Maddie knew the trip wouldn't be easy. Her mother and older brother were no longer with them and Hannah, her little sister, was hers alone to care for. And Hannah was mute. Mute for reasons no one knew. It would take months to arrive at their destination. Months that would include accidents, floods, Indian attacks and disease. The losses along the trail were both huge and unexpected. Would they ever reach the West, the land of their new home?...