The story is about a young soldier in the American Civil War. When he returns home, he finds adventure and friendship when he becomes involved in family life and the rebuilding of our nation.
Do you play Bridge? If you do, the chapter titles of Duplicate Bridges will have special meanings. If you don't, that's OK. You have real bridges to cross and can relate to their challenges. Single mom, kids, a new career? Is there anyone out there for me? These are the bridges that the author, Esther Cleveland, refers to in Duplicate Bridges. Bridges are made for people to get from one place to another, usually to avoid dangerous terrain. Som...
France, 1637. Young French Huguenot Ambroise Sicard and his family desperately seek a life free from religious persecution. Determined to travel to the New World, they leave their home in France, bring only a few possessions, and depend on the kindness of strangers to stay safe. Ambroise the Huguenot follows the Sicard family as they bravely leave behind everything they know to come to a foreign, unsettled country. Told from Ambroise's viewpoi...
France, 1637. Young French Huguenot Ambroise Sicard and his family desperately seek a life free from religious persecution. Determined to travel to the New World, they leave their home in France, bring only a few possessions, and depend on the kindness of strangers to stay safe. Ambroise the Huguenot follows the Sicard family as they bravely leave behind everything they know to come to a foreign, unsettled country. Told from Ambroise's viewpoi...
Follow Suzanne and her new husband Francois Gurnee as they make their home near the Hudson River in New York state and eventually deal with the stresses of the Revolutionary War. All the major characters and places are real. Suzanne and Francois' parents knew each other before leaving France. Their son Francis Secor marries a woman named Annie Gurnee. She has been a mystery to the ancestry community because of another woman by the same name. R...
