Fiction:
Civil War
Virginia
van Druten writes 19th Century historical fiction as though
stepping into a time warp. Her heroines are believable, women caught up in times
and circumstances that demand they be strong. In Passage Through History
read about a Unionist farmwife in Missouri during the Civil War. Or follow a
whaling captain’s wife as she accompanies him around the world in Bound to
Sea.
In Passage Through History live with
Elizabeth Dobbs through the Civil War on the Missouri/Kansas border, then follow
her into the social issues of the second half nineteenth century.
In Bound to Sea Penelope
marries and goes to sea with her whaling captain husband, Micah Daggett. In the
four-year journey they discover love and adventures in exotic lands.