I am strong as steel and my roots are planted deep in this southern soil. Time may have weathered me, but I will always bend with the wind

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-ficton

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The Baptist Church rejects man with wooden leg: It appears the Baptist preacher refused to baptize a veteran of the late war in the holy water- saying they only baptize flesh and blood, not wood.

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance-fiction

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The sun had just slipped behind the trees and evening cast its dark, smoky shadow.

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance

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Children worked in the mills: "I will always believe that children are designed for green meadows and play, not for factories and cotton dust.

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance-fiction

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Are you a traveling man he asked?

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Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance-fiction

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He is dressed in a long, white robe and in his hand is a white cap. I draw up as he passes down the hall; he does not see me. Shortly I hear a horse leaving. There is much I do not know about him, but tonight I know one of his secrets. He is a midnight rider.

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance

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I can hear my steps echo as I follow him to the end of the hall. The door to the small closet under the steps is standing ajar. He closes the door and latches it.

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance

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According to Robert, his friend Moses was a soldier in the first war, as he described it. He fought Indians and soldiers in red coats.

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Stichwörter: historical-fiction historical-romance

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It was not an unusual site to see Negro tenant farmers crossing the intersection of Spring and Barbrick on the way to the cotton warehouse

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction civil-war historical-romance

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Listen, my child, to the voices of your ancestors. Take pride in our accomplishments; find your strength in our suffering. For WE are not just voices in the wind, WE are a living part of YOU

Nancy B. Brewer

Stichwörter: historical-fiction

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