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This title, the 7th title in the Elm Creek Quilts series, tells the story of Dorothea Granger, one of the original inhabitants of the property that would later be known as Elm Creek Farm. In the days before the Civil War, abolitionists in the northern states often served as stops on the underground railroad, assisting slaves who escaped from their owners in the south. The penalty, if caught, could be life in prison or even death. When Dorothea's Uncle Jacob, with whom her family lives, dies unex
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Extremely exciting. Set during the 1850's this novel is about the Underground Railway, a secret network that helped runway slaves escape to the free north and onto Canada. Doretheas Uncle asks her to make a most unusual Quilt, one she does not understand the true significance of until later.
It also contains the love story of Dorethea Granger, one of those where the heroine dislikes the hero at first sight but later realises he is a true gentleman....but there is so much more to this story than j ...more
It also contains the love story of Dorethea Granger, one of those where the heroine dislikes the hero at first sight but later realises he is a true gentleman....but there is so much more to this story than j ...more
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