Böcker av Sally Eccleston

This historical novel begins with the adventures of teenage brothers Adam and Henry Baird, as well as Adam''s future wife, Catherine Malcolm. The three young Scots venture separately, and overcome great peril traveling to America in the 1860s, leaving forever the Baird''s large, close-knit family in Scotland.All the Baird siblings are influenced by folklore and encounters with spiritually advanced magical fairy creatures on their Scottish ranch, Drumdruils. Adam and Henry both become entrenched in scandal. Adam, entangled in a romantic relationship with his spinster teacher, boards a steamer ship for America.When Henry Baird''s girlfriend dies in childbirth, he joins Adam as a carpenter in the Caledonian mines in Nevada, leaving behind his daughter. Their childhood friend, Catherine Malcolm, travels on the SS Alabama steamer to wed Adam. Her ship hits an iceberg. The captain saves the ship and proposes marriage to Catherine in Newfoundland.Catherine weds Adam in Virginia City, and befriends the downtrodden Paiute Indians. Adam almost dies in the mines. The three Scots become embroiled in Indian unrest, murders, and an explosion/fire downtown. Henry eventually becomes a rancher in California and marries. His wife Sarah dies after the birth of their daughter Katherine, who was the author''s grandmother.Says the author; "I possess autobiographies of my Scottish paternal great-grandparents, Adam Baird and Catherine Malcolm Baird, recounting their journeys from Scotland to America. Henry Baird was my maternal great-grandfather." About the Author: A fourth-generation Californian, Sally Eccleston was a medical narrative writer and science editor for many years at hospitals/universities throughout the Bay Area. In recent years, she also served as a senior editor at the University of California. She is the author of another historical novel, Leap Beyond Blue Sky Veil.

Based on the autobiography of Sarah Winnemucca, a Nevadan Paiute of the 19th century Silver Rush era, this historical work of fiction vividly reenacts events of Sarah''s life, highlighting the slaughter of twenty-three members of her tribe by a U.S. cavalry. The deaths of two dear sisters in the massacre are the pivotal event that transforms Sarah into a fiery advocate for the Paiutes'' right to their land and preservation of their ancient culture.Woven into the narrative is the present-day fictional character of Edwina Winnemucca, an aged university professor, medicine woman/shaman, and niece of Sarah Winnemucca, whose supernatural activities are fraught with drama. Edwina lectures her class on Sarah''s remarkable life, her endearing personality, and her fight to save her tribe from starvation and mistreatment. A prophecy of reincarnation, heralded by Edwina''s shaman father, is fulfilled. Edwina befriends three of her students who possess remarkable similarities to Sarah and her sisters. The girls experience a series of harrowing trials at the hands of their lecherous landlord while Edwina has visions of grave danger. The exhilarating climax of the story displays Edwina''s amazing powers.Sally Eccleston was inspired to write a fictional account of Sarah Winnemucca''s life after discovering her historically important autobiography in an old mining town bookstore. Eccleston has been writing for over twenty years, setting many of her stories in the beautiful desert region of Nevada, with its colorful mining history. She is at work on a new fictional novel based on her great-grandparents, who settled in Nevada in the 1800s.Publisher''s Website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/LeapBeyondBlueSkyVeil.html