Ella Mayfield's Pawpaw Militia: A Civil War Adventure In Vernon Co., Missouri

by Fay Risner

Overview

A strong willed, independent woman, all Ella Mayfield wanted was to help her widowed mother and siblings survive during the Civil War. Invasions by Union soldiers and Kansas Jawhawkers into Vernon Co. Missouri forced Ella to join a Bushwhacker band. Brave and daring, Ella dressed like a man, was a crack shot and superb horseman. Her dangerous exploits are legendary while she served as a spy and faught to protect her home near Montevallo, Mo.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438235462
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	06/12/2008
Pages:	298
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.62(d)

About the Author

Fay lives with her husband, Harold, on a central Iowa acreage along with their sheep, milk goats, chickens, rabbits cats and a dog. She divides her time between writing, working at the Keystone Nursing Care Center, enjoying country life, gardening and fishing. She has sold five stories to Good Old Days magazine and entered numerous short story and essay contests, placing twenty six times. For more information about her life and interests as well as her accomplishments visit her website at http://www.booksbyfay.tripod.com