@book{263, keywords = {American Civil War, ex-slaves, domestic life, farms, Black Americans}, author = {Martha [Rebecca] Barnhart Harper}, title = {Winter Wedding}, abstract = {A novelized biography of the author’s grandmother, Belle Barnhart, a farmer’s daughter in Centre County, and how she eventually married—after her fiancé had been killed during the Civil War. This novel includes a chapter on Belle’s journey through Western Pennsylvania en route to family in Iowa, including a train layover in Pittsburgh where she first encounters newly-freed former slaves searching for factory work.}, year = {1950}, pages = {266 p.}, publisher = {Longmans, Green, and Company}, address = {New York}, language = {English}, }