Book #3 of The Saddler's Legacy is published by Thomas Nelson. I am grateful for the free copy they sent me. This novel takes place in 1875 in Westerville, OH and centers around the Hanby family. Just as Susanna Hanby is primed to start college, she discovers that her sister is missing as well as her children. The 6 of them has been sent to two separate orphanages and their alcoholic father cares nothing about them. Nor will he provide any help in rescuing them. Susanna values her family above all else and will do anything to get them all together again. Johann Giere is the only son of a German-American brewery in Columbus and he and his father are the supplier for a new saloon in Westerville. Johann's dream is to be a journalist and comes to Westerville to write news articles for his part-time job when the temperance crusaders start protesting the new saloon in town. Johann and Susanna seem to be on opposite sides. Both must decide what is most important in their lives and find a way to bring Susanna's family back together again.
Even though I read the first book, I didn't read book #2. I still had no trouble following along with the Hanby family. This story is based on a true historical event, the Westerville Whiskey war of 1875 that is featured in the 2011 documentary Prohibition by Ken Burns. It moved along at a good place and I liked reading about this time in history, especially about an area of the country close to where I live in western PA.
No comments:
Post a Comment