I finally understood the debacle at the Alamo. Piper’s Ferry explains the Texas Revolution in a way that textbooks do not. I have read most ofWisler’s books focusing on Texas history. The books are very well researched and fluidly written. Her mother disappears in the frozen winter with her baby sister, so Mem sets out to rescue them both. Her father’s new crop is destroyed by an early frost. That one tidbit sure stands out in my mind about the book. Through the challenges in all three books, Mem finds the strength to keep her family together.I’m fairly certain it is in the first book that the family gets very excited about a dinner of turtle. She is only eleven when her family travels by covered wagon to the wilderness of New York. I read this series a few years ago and it stood out for many reasons, Mem being the best. There are many stories written about families making the decision to leave civilization and make a new start in unsettled lands.
Mary Jane Auch – Journey to Nowhere, Frozen Summer, The Road to Home 1815-1817 Alder is the author of one of my favorite books about England’s history, The King’s Shadow, listed under World – Medieval. If he had been successful, what a different course our past, present, and future would be. This book eloquently tells Tecumseh’s story and his attempt to unite the many tribes to stand against the tide of white men. Betrayed time and again by the US, his fighting was ultimately futile. He earned the respect of his people and the white men who continued to advance and invade Native American territory. Tecumseh was a brilliant Native American leader with strong qualities of honesty and loyalty.
I have read many novels from the Native American point of view. She said this was the hardest book she's ever written because of how tragic it was for all the men in woman iin the factory to have lost their lives in such a catastrophic way, but also because she is afraid of fire.Elizabeth Alder– Crossing the Panther’s Path 1812 She first became interested in th e topic and time period of the book because there was a lot of “buzz” in relation to the “Hundredth anniversary” of the “Triangle
In response to all the popularity of her book, Auch decided that in 2011, she would release the reasoning behind writing Ashes of Roses. Mary Jane Auch started writing middle grade novels about 12 years ago, and she and her husband, Herm, who is also a graphic illustrator specializing in digital art, began working together as an artist/writer team. Mary Jane Auch is not only an award winning author, but is also a graphic illustrator for children and young adult books such as “Wing Nut”, “The Road to Home”, the “Journey to Nowhere” trilogy, “Frozen Summer”, and the critically acclaimed “Ashes of Roses” (Books).
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