Early Candlelight

by Maud Hart Lovelace

Overview

This historical novel set at Old Fort Snelling in the 1830s is a rich and romantic re-creation of the early settlement period in Minnesota's history. Maud Hart Lovelace's careful research into the documents of the Historical Society, combined with her knowledge of the actual setting, enabled her to write a story that conveys a sense of time and place both accurate and compelling for young adults as well as general readers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780873517591
Publisher:	Minnesota Historical Society Press
Publication date:	10/07/2009
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	332
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Maud Hart Lovelace grew up in Mankato. As a young girl, she kept diaries and scrapbooks that later helped her to write the Betsy-Tacy books for which she is best known. Maud also wrote several historical novels, including Early Candlelight, about life at Fort Snelling, and Gentlemen from England, which she wrote with her husband, Delos Lovelace.