Lock Ready: A Canawlers Novel - Couverture souple

Rada Jr., James

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0692211454 ISBN 13 : 9780692211458

Editeur : A I M Publishing Group, 2014

Synopsis

War can't keep their family apart

The Civil War split the United States, and now it has split the Fitzgerald Family. Although George Fitzgerald has returned from the war, his sister Elizabeth Fitzgerald remains in Washington to volunteer as a nurse. The ex-Confederate spy, David Windover, has given up on his dream of being with Alice Fitzgerald and is trying to move on with his life in Cumberland, Md.Alice and her sons continue to haul coal along the 184.5-mile-long C&O Canal between Cumberland and Georgetown. It is dangerous work during war because the canal runs along the Potomac River and between the North and South. Having had to endured death and loss already, Alice wonders whether remaining on the canal is worth the cost. She wants her family reunited and safe, but she can’t reconcile her feelings for David and her love for her dead husband.Her adopted son, Tony, has his own questions that he is trying to answer. He wants to know who he is and if his birth mother ever loved him. As he tries to find out more about his birth mother and father, he stumbles onto a plan by Confederate sympathizers to sabotage the canal and burn dozens of canal boats. He enlists David’s help to try and disrupt the plot before it endangers his new family, but first they will have find out who is behind the plot.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James Rada, Jr. is the author of historical fiction and non-fiction history. They include the popular books Saving Shallmar: Christmas Spirit in a Coal Town, Canawlers and Battlefield Angels: The Daughters of Charity Work as Civil War Nurses. He lives in Gettysburg, Pa., where he works as a freelance writer. Jim has received numerous awards from the Maryland-Delaware-DC Press Association, Associated Press, Maryland State Teachers Association and Community Newspapers Holdings, Inc. for his newspaper writing. If you would like to be kept up to date on new books being published by James or ask him questions, he can be reached by e-mail at jimrada@yahoo.com. To see James’ other books or to order copies on-line, go to www.jamesrada.com.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: A I M Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0692211454
• ISBN 13: 9780692211458
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 259
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