History, TImeline and Setting of Gracie's Babies

Gracie’s Babies opens in about 1890 – if you preveiously read Margaret’s Faith, remember that Gracie was born while The Civil War still raged, and she’s just about 18 now. She has grown up on her grandparents’ Tennessee farm in northern Cumberland County.

This community of Elmore may not quite be a ghost town as there are still families calling it home. However, you can no longer walk to the railhead in Isoline – in fact you’ll have to drive completely off the Cumberland Plateau to see a...