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Chiaverini, Jennifer.
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Maple sugar industry -- Fiction.
Women pioneers -- Fiction.
Quiltmakers -- Fiction.
Quilting -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
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Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Maple sugar industry -- Fiction.
Women pioneers -- Fiction.
Quiltmakers -- Fiction.
Quilting -- Fiction.
Pennsylvania -- Fiction.
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The
sugar
camp quilt : an Elm Creek quilts novel / Jennifer Chiaverini.
by
Chiaverini, Jennifer.
Simon & Schuster, c2005.
Call #:
FICTION
CHI
Subjects
Maple
sugar
industry
--
Fiction
.
Women pioneers
--
Fiction
.
Quiltmakers
--
Fiction
.
Quilting
--
Fiction
.
Pennsylvania
--
Fiction
.
Series
Chiaverini, Jennifer. Elm Creek quilts series ; 7.
ISBN:
9780743260190
9780743260176
0743260171
Description:
306 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Quilt illustrations on endpapers.
Summary:
"History is thick with secrets in THE
SUGAR
CAMP QUILT, seventh in the beloved Elm Creek Quilts series from bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini. Set in Creek's Crossing, Pennsylvania, in the years leading up to the Civil War, friends and neighbors are set against one another and an extraordinary young heroine passes from innocence to wisdom against the harrowing backdrop of the American struggle over slavery. A dutiful daughter and niece, Dorothea Granger's dreams of furthering her education are thwarted by the needs of home. A gifted quilter, her hope chest full of quilts is lost in a tragic flood. A superior student, she is promoted from pupil to teacher
--
only to lose her position to the privileged son of a town benefactor. But the ultimate test of her courage and convictions comes with the death of her stern Uncle Jacob, who inexplicably asks Dorothea to stitch him a quilt with four unusual patterns of his own design. After his life meets a violent end, Dorothea discovers that the quilt contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. Emboldened by the revelations about her uncle's bravery, Dorothea resolves to continue his dangerous work. Armed with the
Sugar
Camp Quilt and its mysterious symbols, she must evade slave catchers and outwit unscrupulous neighbors, embarking upon a heroic journey that allows her to discover her own courage and resourcefulness
--
unsuspected qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known."--Inside jacket.
Genre:
Historical
fiction
.
Women's
fiction
.
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Adult Fiction
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