Stories from the Attic |
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| Author:
| Foster, Marcina |
| ISBN: | 978-1-7351012-2-4 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2020 |
| Publisher: | Marcina L Foster
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $7.99 |
Book Description:
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Stories from the Attic is a collection of family stories and photographs from 1887 - 1927. Historically accurate, the author's ancestors are brought to life with description, dialogue and a pinch of imagination. This book takes you through the lives of four families in the small town of Fenton, Michigan at the turn of the last century. These are stories of everyday life: courtship, love, success and tragedy. Young Emma waits for her betrothed to return from California. But are the...
More DescriptionStories from the Attic is a collection of family stories and photographs from 1887 - 1927. Historically accurate, the author's ancestors are brought to life with description, dialogue and a pinch of imagination. This book takes you through the lives of four families in the small town of Fenton, Michigan at the turn of the last century. These are stories of everyday life: courtship, love, success and tragedy. Young Emma waits for her betrothed to return from California. But are the town gossips right? Has his social climbing mother made a better match for him out west with a senator's daughter? Everett has planned his life carefully - graduating law school at such a young age he has to wait until he turns 21 to take the bar exam. Setting up his law practice he makes all the right social and political connections. He has aspirations to the governorship or the Supreme Court; appendicitis was not in his plans. Grace, a young lady from a prominent family, was not going to let social conventions keep her from doing the things she loved. Against her mother's objections she performs in the Fenton Ladies' Coronet band and works as a milliner at the local department store. Finally married and settled down in her "Dream Victorian" she finds herself a young widow with two small children to support. Charlie Scott leaves the family farm to seek fame and fortune. A stow-away on a train, he's caught and thrown off in Fenton. With no friends, money or connections can he overcome his shyness and stammer to become a success? Bill and Nellie have known each other since the day she was born. Bill always knew Nellie was the girl for him. But when his family moves to Redford will his best friend George move in on Bill's girl? These are the moving, true stories that will give you a peek into one family's past.