Catherine Durant Voorhees: 2 books
The Colors of Dignity
The Memoirs of Civil War Brigadier General Giles Waldo Shurtleff
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
Leaving his home on the Illinois prairie, Giles Shurtleff attended Oberlin College just prior to the Civil War. President Lincolns call for troops after the firing on Fort Sumter in 1861 led to a great fervor of patriotism in Oberlin. Giles was elected Captain of Company C of the 7thOhio Volunteer...
The Home Tree
Jerusha's Journal
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2012
Sixteen-year-old Jerusha Shurtleff and her 18-year-old sister, Orrillia, live with their family on a prosperous farm. Unfortunately, their home is located on a contested strip of land between the Vermont border and "British North America." Like the Shurtleffs, most of the American residents...