the sugar camp quilt an elm creek quilts novel

He even had Dorothea create the quilt he used as a map to the next station.

He would consider he had been most successful in that his own family disbelieved he had played this role upon his death. This story goes into how that family gets involved in it.ĭorothea’s Uncle hid a station on his farm while they lived there with him because he thought they were to vocal about their opposition to slavery to be allowed in on the big secret. In The Runaway Quilt Sylvia learns of her family’s friendship with a Dorothea and her brother and how they became involved in the underground railroad accidentally through them. The 7th story in the Elm Creek Quilt series, Sugar Camp Quilt by Jennifer Chiaverini, is different from all the other books in that it has no Bergstrom in it. When both of these books came to an end I was sad because I LOVED reading them so much! I loved the Runaway Quilt first and this one next. It was the second best of all her series.

L.Īfter reading the story, I wondered why it was not the first in the series. Once he dies- while helping a slave to freedom- his family learns about what has been going on and carries on his work. As it turns out- the Uncle was a stationmaster on the underground railroad and kept to himself to keep his family safe. The family that lives at the camp moved in with a cranky old Uncle that no one can stand. His neighbors that live on the Granger Farm have a maple sugaring business. L, as it turns out is a mean drunk who is up to no good at every turn. the man that Sylvia's ancestors gambled out of the cabin/ land that eventually became Elm Creek Mannor.

'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title.This book predates the history of the family in all of the novels. As her family embraces her uncle s clandestine mission to help runaways escape to freedom, Dorothea embarks upon a dangerous, heroic journey that allows her to discover her own courage and resourcefulness, newfound qualities that may win her the heart of the best man she has ever known.' But annoyance turns to intrigue when she learns her handiwork contains hidden clues to guide runaway slaves along the Underground Railroad. When her cantankerous Uncle Jacob designs five unusual patterns and gives Dorothea an urgent deadline for assembling them into a quilt she reluctantly agrees. History is thick with secrets and Pre Civil War America comes to vivid life in this stunning and suspense-charged Elm Creek Quilts novel from New York Times bestselling author Jennifer ChiaveriniĪbolitionist schoolteacher Dorothea Granger faces the ultimate test of her courage and convictions when the national debate over slavery sets friends and neighbors against one another in rural Creek s Crossing, Pennsylvania. From New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Chiaverini, this riveting novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series is thick with secrets in the years before the Civil War.

The sugar camp quilt an elm creek quilts novel