Showing results by narrator "Laura Crockett" in All Categories

Annie’s War, Thomas William Simpson’s breathtaking historical novel based on his family’s experiences before, during, and after the American Civil War. Annie’s War is the chronicle of one woman’s life from 1838 until 1923. But on a larger stage it is the story of 19th century American women stepping out of the shadow of suppression into the dawn of a new age.

Nattie Ryan's bookstore, Mystery, Ink, is dying right before her eyes, and her beloved son, Jeffrey, is in prison for drug trafficking, a crime he didn't commit. Yet, nothing compares to the complications in her life when she discovers her friend, Clyde Hamilton, sitting on a park bench, strangled in the same manner as the unsolved murder 30 years before of Doctor Adams. To avenge the death of her friend, she sets off on a harrowing journey that plunges her into danger with deadly consequences.

Here it is! After years of keeping her secret, Ell tells the story of her travels through time. When she was 11 years of age she met the Old Man: a professor of physics and metaphysics, a forever student of history, and a mentor to time travelers everywhere. It is the Old Man that sends the precocious Ell on her first journey back in time. Join Ell and learn history in a fresh and invigorating way. Because history, and time travel, is never dull!