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Mannings #2
The Drums of December
The Mannings
Patriots and Traitors, Royalists and Rebels, in a country swept by Winds of War. They had wrested their fortune from the teeming swamps and rich, red earth of South Carolina. Now Drew, the hot-blooded adventurer, and Gwynne, his passionate young wife, were ready to risk everything for a dream of freedom.
Even as John clung doggedly to the fading standards of the royalist past...as Joanna stood ready to betray her own blood for vengeance's sake...they shared one noble heritage, one magnificent destiny-one family torn between ties of blood and the rousing challenge of the Drums of December.
With bold spirit and raw courage, they had conquered a wilderness. Now they would have to fight to make a nation...
Patriots and Traitors, Royalists and Rebels, in a country swept by Winds of War. They had wrested their fortune from the teeming swamps and rich, red earth of South Carolina. Now Drew, the hot-blooded adventurer, and Gwynne, his passionate young wife, were ready to risk everything for a dream of freedom.
Even as John clung doggedly to the fading standards of the royalist past...as Joanna stood ready to betray her own blood for vengeance's sake...they shared one noble heritage, one magnificent destiny-one family torn between ties of blood and the rousing challenge of the Drums of December.
With bold spirit and raw courage, they had conquered a wilderness. Now they would have to fight to make a nation...
457 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
About the author
Sharon Salvato
11 books4 followersThis author also wrote under the pseudonym Day Taylor
Sharon “Sherry” Anne Zettler Salvato
Sherry was born and raised in Columbus, where she attended St. Mary of the Springs High School. She was a woman of faith and a life-long member of the Catholic Church.
Sherry went on to study art and education at the University of Cincinnati, where she became the first woman certified to teach Russian in the state of Ohio. There, she met Guido “Guy” Salvato (GlenCove, NY) who she was married to from 1961 until 1979. They raised four sons together in Bexley, Ohio.
There, she began her career as an author and published her first novel in 1974. By 1990, she had published 13 nationally recognized historical fiction novels, including Bitter Eden and The Black Swan.She also wrote under the pen names Day Taylor and Alice Raymond (a collaboration with her son Greg). Her novels are still being enjoyed today, and she was always delighted to meet a fan of her work.
She moved to Powell in 1984, and to her final home in Johnstown in 1995 where she lived on and tended the “Bramble Bush” berry farm for several years. She grew blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries for customers to pick themselves summer after summer.
Some of her other loves were Ohio State football, Massey’s pizza, black licorice, odd finds and adventures, gardening, CSPAN, Northern Ireland, the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. She took special care of her family, dear friends, and those in need who crossed her path. Her family was her treasure, and she will always be deeply loved by many.
Sharon “Sherry” Anne Zettler Salvato
Sherry was born and raised in Columbus, where she attended St. Mary of the Springs High School. She was a woman of faith and a life-long member of the Catholic Church.
Sherry went on to study art and education at the University of Cincinnati, where she became the first woman certified to teach Russian in the state of Ohio. There, she met Guido “Guy” Salvato (GlenCove, NY) who she was married to from 1961 until 1979. They raised four sons together in Bexley, Ohio.
There, she began her career as an author and published her first novel in 1974. By 1990, she had published 13 nationally recognized historical fiction novels, including Bitter Eden and The Black Swan.She also wrote under the pen names Day Taylor and Alice Raymond (a collaboration with her son Greg). Her novels are still being enjoyed today, and she was always delighted to meet a fan of her work.
She moved to Powell in 1984, and to her final home in Johnstown in 1995 where she lived on and tended the “Bramble Bush” berry farm for several years. She grew blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries for customers to pick themselves summer after summer.
Some of her other loves were Ohio State football, Massey’s pizza, black licorice, odd finds and adventures, gardening, CSPAN, Northern Ireland, the Blessed Virgin Mary and Jesus Christ. She took special care of her family, dear friends, and those in need who crossed her path. Her family was her treasure, and she will always be deeply loved by many.
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Did Not Finish
February 20, 2011I liked the first book well enough, but this one just isn't grabbing me. Too spread out and too many characters. I'd have preferred it stay focused on Drew and Gwynne.
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