Against This Ground

This a historical novel of two Arizona women who lived a century apart: Ella, who lived in Flagstaff in the late 1890s, and Jessica, who worked as a fire lookout overlooking Flagstaff in the 1990s.

Although information about the public life of Ella Woody can be found, little personal information remains in historic records. Because of the skillful and empathetic writing of the author, Ella comes alive as a complicated, admirable woman. What she said and thought are creations of the author bu...