Beneath The Elms by Gloria Waldron Hukle

Beneath the Elms by Gloria Waldron Hukle Published August 2020

This new historical novel set ten years before the Civil War is Gloria Waldron Hukle's fifth and final volume of her American Book Series. Hukle tells a heartfelt story of the struggles and ever-changing lives of one deeply rooted, gritty, mid 19th century American family, their neighbors and friends, and their entwining, dangerous relationships with abolitionist as they go about living in a small, rural New York township a decade before the Civil War.

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Gloria Waldron Hukle is the author of five books:

Manhattan Seeds of the Big Apple ,Threads An American Tapestry , Souls of the Soil, The Diary of a Northern Moon and newly published "Beneath the Elms", Author Signed copies of "Beneath the Elms" and "Souls of the Soil" can be purchased through Heavenly Hollow and the Bookstore at Warren County Historical Society 50 Gurney Lane, Queensbury, New York 12804

Beneath The Elms by Author Gloria Waldron Hukle published August 2020

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In "Beneath the Elms" by Gloria Waldron Hukle

William G. Waldron Husband to Judah, Pa to 14 children, a farmer, a carpenter, and trusted friend who risks all to stand by the persecuted.

Judah Bradt Waldron Wife to William G. and mother, a true pioneering Adirondack woman who welcomes everyone into her home.

Daniel Waldron 'Dan' a muddled husband with a conscience, a devoted father, a man straddling the crossroads of change.

Asenah Hills Waldron The wife who yearns to forgive and begin again.

Keziah Dunbar Russell A soft-spoken , yet stalwart woman. She keeps her large brood together.

Ralph Russell husband to Keziah, a farmer, a tender father and pious man who worries.

Sally Ann Waldron wily and clever, sixteen-year-old daughter of Dan and Asenah is in love and can't wait to marry her one and only.

Isaac Roblee Sally's beau. Who wouldn't like 'Ike'?

Harriet Russell- Soft and sincere-the perfect friend no matter what.

Joe Carpenter A devoted husband, a talented tradesman, a free black man living in precarious times, he is shocked to learn of his wife's secret after many years of marriage.

Elijah Stanley a farmer with big ideas, a dreamer, Elijah is determined to win Harriet's hand.

"Beneath the Elms" suitable reading for all ages.

Beneath The Elms by Gloria Waldron Hukle

Beneath the Elms by Gloria Waldron Hukle Published August 2020

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