The Year We Were Famous: Helga and Clara Estby's Walk across a Changing America
- 290 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
Based on the true story of a mother-daughter walk across Victorian America in a race against time to save the family farm.
Carole Estby Dagg Reihenfolge der Bücher
Nach Karrieren als Kinderbibliothekarin, Wirtschaftsprüferin und stellvertretende Bibliotheksleiterin ging die Autorin frühzeitig in den Ruhestand, um ihrem Lebenstraum – dem Schreiben – nachzugehen. Ihr Debütroman basiert auf der wahren Geschichte der Reise ihrer Großtante, die 1896 mit ihrer Mutter 6.400 Meilen zu Fuß durch das Land zurücklegte. Ihr zweites Buch entstand aus der Neugier auf die Anfänge einer alaskischen Stadt, angeregt durch den Kauf eines historischen Hauses durch ihren Sohn. Diese Autorin verwebt historische Fakten und Familienerinnerungen zu fesselnden Erzählungen.
- 2021
- 2019
Sweet Home Alaska
- 304 Seiten
- 11 Lesestunden
"If Laura Ingalls Wilder had lived in Alaska, she might have written this novel . . ."--Kirkus Reviews It's 1934, and times are tough for Trip's family after the mill in their small Wisconsin town closes, leaving her father unemployed. Determined to provide for his family, he moves them all to Alaska to become pioneers as part of President Roosevelt's Palmer Colony project. Trip and her family are settling in, except her mom, who balks at the lack of civilization. But Trip feels like she's following in Laura Ingalls Wilder's footsteps, and she hatches a plan to raise enough money for a piano to convince her musical mother that Alaska is a wonderful and cultured home. Her sights set on the cash prize at the upcoming Palmer Colony Fair, but can Trip grow the largest pumpkin possible--using all the love, energy, and Farmer Boy expertise she can muster?