TY - SER
KW - American Civil War
KW - ex-slaves
KW - domestic life
KW - farms
KW - Black Americans
AU - Martha [Rebecca] Barnhart Harper
AB - 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.
C1 - 1865-7
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh
C4 - Children’s; Biographical; Romance; Historical
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - 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.
PB - Longmans, Green, and Company
PP - New York
PY - 1950
RN - Martha Rebecca Barnhart Harper (1895-1961) was a writer of children's books. She died in Centre County.
EP - 266 p.
TI - Winter Wedding
ER -