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Seeking to fulfill the promise she made to her dying father, eighteen-year-old Jesselynn Highwood determines to take her little brother and the family's remaining Thoroughbreds from the Twin Oaks plantation in Kentucky to her uncle's farm in Missouri, where they will be safe for the remainder of the Civil War. Dodging Confederate and Union troops, they ride at night and hide during the day. Finally, after encountering hunger, sickness, and the devastation of war, they arrive in Missouri only show more to discover that the situation there puts them in even greater danger. But Jesselynn will stop at nothing to save her family, the horses, and whatever remains of Twin Oaks. show lessTags
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The Civil War in the south was never a good thing for almost everybody. This story represents the reversed fortunes of many southern families where virtually everything was lost. Even sometimes the faith that sustained many was lost when total deprivation happened. I appreciated the strength and courage of the main character but noted an absence of God throughout.
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142+ Works 22,117 Members
Lauraine Snelling began her career writing children's books. Her first book, Tragedy on the Toutle, was published in 1982. She wrote the High Hurdles series and The Golden Filly series before turning her focus to inspirational romances for adults. Her works include the Red River of the North family saga, Return to Red River trilogy the Daughters show more of Blessing series, and the Home to Blessing series. She won the Silver Angel award for An Untamed Land, the Romance Writers of American Golden Heart for Song of Laughter, and the 2014 Romantic Times Career Achievement award for Inspirational Fiction. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Daughter of Twin Oaks
- Original title
- Daughter of Twin Oaks
- Original publication date
- 2000-01
- People/Characters
- Jesselynn Highwood; Lucinda; Joshua Highwood; Daniel; Meshach; Louisa Highwood (show all 7); Benjamin
- Dedication
- To the Brown Family and all others at Family Circle. Y'all made our visit the highlight of the trip, and you help on things southern will carry on. Thank you for the hugs and joy-filled love. Donny, Jenny, Sarah, Jonathan, Re... (show all)bekah, and Suzanne, you make our lives richer, and we thank you for that.
- First words
- Midway, Kentucky
Spring 1860
"Jesselynn, what you doin' wit dem britches on?"
Jesselyn HIghwood scrunched her eyes closed as if by not seeing Lucinda's scowl, Lucinda couldn't see her.
Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Christian Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
- DDC/MDS
- 813.54 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English 1900-1999 1945-1999
- LCC
- PS3569 .N39 .D38 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Individual authors 1961-
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- 463
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- 65,541
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (3.80)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 7
