Faith on the Mall: A Tale of the National Mall

by Ann Beltran

Overview

Step back in time to this full-blooded, deep-spirited American saga
Before the Civil War, three siblings raised at the Lockhouse on the National Mall must rebound from tragedy. As the characters transform, so does the Mall with the arrival of the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian - and then the Union Army. This 15-year family saga of emerging feminist, businessman, and naturalist immerses you in the real lives of Senators and prostitutes, gay and straight national figures, explorers and Civil War boy soldiers. Truly a tale of Americana that shapes our lives today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798885894708
Publisher:	Ann Beltran
Publication date:	10/08/2022
Series:	Tales of the National Mall , #2
Pages:	466
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.04(d)

About the Author

Ann's career in government, business, and the nonprofit sectors, as a lawyer, executive, and professor, provides a broad array of human experience upon which she draws to create character-driven, engaging stories. Her prior novels, The Nonprofit Girl Trilogy, www.annbeltran.com, span fifteen years from Seattle to India and continents inbetween, as the mother/daughter coming-of-age, family saga plays out. Love on the Mall, a Tale of the National Mall, www.annbeltran.com, was her first venture into historical fiction.

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Editorial Reviews

"Beltran's careful research enhances, but never overpowers, the story as each character relates and examines their own life. Although Faith on the Mall explores some of life's biggest questions, it reads as if the characters were each writing letters to someone whom they trusted completely."

website - Jan Bartlett

Faith on the Mall earns 5 stars, "highly recommended" award!
"it takes a skilled writer to transform history into art by placing humanity's flesh and blood onto a factual skeleton....Ann Beltran gives mid-19th century America this treatment in ...(her) novel about three siblings living on the National Mall in what is now Washington, DC. This is an excellent novel whose biggest strengths are its prose and its character analysis."

https://www.thehistoricalfictioncompany.com/post/a-washington-d-c-transformation-an-editorial-review-of-faith-on-the-mal

"This is perhaps Beltran's best novel so far - the details ... are meticulously researched and artfully described. I truly felt like I entered that world each time I escaped into the story."

website - Catherine Bradshaw

"... a stunning tapestry about the National Mall, 1848-1863. Dramatic changes affect the infrastructure, politics, legislation and social mores ... Engaging and thoughtful!"

website - Lynn` F.

"Faith on the Mall is a compelling account of the Washington D.C. area during the mid-1800s, as told through the thoughts and perspectives of three main characters, who grew up as a part of a canal lockkeepers family. The main characters have compelling stories ...and ... illuminate some of the major events of the time. It works very well as a historical novel, as well as the life journey of the characters ... One of the best novels I've read ...." —David Tate

website - David Tate