I loved this book. The story of a girl born a slave, freed by her owner and sent to the north to be educated. When the Civil War becomes imminent she decides to return to her Richmond VA home. She becomes a spy for the Union Army and eventually gets a job working for Jefferson Davis' family. Her ...
Why would they not? The parish bells toll it. The holymen and noblemen who don mourning bands and accompany the gold- and fur-trimmed bier pay solemn tribute to it. The poor huddled on the benches placed to line the cortege route earn their coin by witnessing it. And Lady Cappelletta and I peer d...
We needed a chance to gossip and giggle about those boys, after all. So I was mighty surprised to arrive downstairs one bright autumn day in ’55 and find no Hattie.She was never even two minutes tardy, and that day of all days, I figured she would be punctual. Miss Mapps had arranged for Miss Eli...