A Feather for a Fan: A Washington Territory Story

By Karla Stover

Book Overview

Everything about New Tacoma in Washington Territory comes as a shock to Hildy Bacom when she and her family move there in 1876. Cows and pigs roam the muddy streets' some people live in lean-tos or hollowed-out tree trunks' and her first friend' Mrs. Money' runs a shop with a parrot on her head. Hildy's new life includes a new best friend and a romance' plus a lady of the night' Indian and lots of Chinese. Over her first year on the frontier Hildy encounters a skunk' a bear' and a lost Chinese baby. From fires to landslides to the unexpected appearance of her cousin' Elsie' Hildy's life in a rough frontier town isn't at all what she expected.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1432829157
• ISBN13: 9781432829155
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Five Star (ME)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.5"