Texas author Natalie Bright and German author Manuela Schneider co-authored historical fiction: Book Two in A NEW FATHERLAND series. By Natalie Bright Peace Treaties and Shattered Hopes follows the story of the Aldesverein, the Society for the Protection of German Immigrants in Texas. Formed in 1842, twenty-one German nobleman sponsored a mass emigration to TexasContinueContinue reading “New Release: “Peace Treaties and Shattered Hopes” by Bright and Schneider”
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New Release: “The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day” by Marcy S. Wood
Love was never meant to end in murder, but for Ellar Day it became her legacy. Set against the rugged beauty and hardship of an 1880s Colorado mining town, The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day is a meaningful reflection of love that dared to cross racial divides. Nineteen-year-old Ellar Day finds herself caught between theContinueContinue reading “New Release: “The Notorious Murder of Ellar Day” by Marcy S. Wood”
New Release: “With the Enduring Tides” by Jane Kirkpatrick
The Launch! How do I feel about this book being launched at last? Truth be told, it’s a relief. The joy and feelings of accomplishment will come later, when I’m meeting with readers, making presentations about the story, responding to reader questions of what was imagined and what was historical. Then it’ll feel real, likeContinueContinue reading “New Release: “With the Enduring Tides” by Jane Kirkpatrick”
New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain
Pearl Hawthorne, the main character in the Vigilante Vixen series, is such fun to write. In this episode of Pearl’s life, she travels from Vernal, Utah, headed for Denver. In many ways, her life has been disastrous. Abandoned as a child by her mother, later “rescued” by her uncaring father, and blamed for her associationContinueContinue reading “New Release: “The Vigilante Vixen and the Stranger in the Cliffs” by T. G. Partain”
New Release: “In the Scent of Horses, Hay, and Old Barns” by Pamela Galbreath
In early autumn 1958, thirty-two-year-old Eleanor Fracker Smith left her family roots in Massachusetts and moved to southeast Wyoming, holding to her life philosophy that “people can do without a lot of things, but no one should have to live without horses.” Settling on the wind-swept prairie west of Laramie, Ellie bought horses she couldContinueContinue reading “New Release: “In the Scent of Horses, Hay, and Old Barns” by Pamela Galbreath”
Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding
By Sheila Quinn Charming, But Insufficient Many of us are inspired to write family stories. Motivated by duty, nostalgia, or a desire to set the record straight, we feel set about recording the history of our ancestors. I inherited suitcases full of photographs, letters, maps, receipts, and even locks of hair from three generations ofContinueContinue reading “Primary Sources: Not Just for Fact-Finding”
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