Surviving the Now: Book Two in the Freedom's Edge Trilogy - Softcover

Jones, Jill LaForge

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0967697255 ISBN 13: 9780967697253

Publisher: Jill LaForge Jones, 2021

Synopsis

The Freedom's Edge trilogy tells a story of America's War for Independence in the South: the people who fought and won, and those who fought and lost. Surviving the Now is Book Two of the trilogy.

Fiona Cassidy, a fourteen-year-old Irish immigrant, arrives in the American South in 1750, indentured to a wealthy plantation owner in Charlestown, South Carolina. Will Gordon, a survivor of the infamous Battle of Culloden in Scotland's Highlands, makes his way to the New World arriving by ship into the port of Wilmington, North Carolina. Together, they are thrust directly into the struggle for American independence, specifically into the Southern conflicts. They encounter Cherokee Indians and Catawba Indians as well as the British and Tories as they make their lives in the Southern Appalachians. She brings with her the Irish fiddle music that has become an Appalachian music tradition.

Freedom's Edge is a saga of strength and courage as Fiona and Will and their families encounter the complex and often horrifying reality of life on the early frontier of the Carolinas. It explores both sides of the conflicts between settlers and natives, between Tories and Patriots, even between neighbors. It is a Southern tale of the fight for American independence not often told by historians.

About this title

About the Author

Jill LaForge Jones is the award-winning author of eleven novels ofromance and suspense. She holds a bachelor's degree in Journalismwith emphasis on Professional Writing from the University of Oklahomawhere she graduated Magna Cum Laude and was inducted into PhiBeta Kappa. She has written for a wide variety of audiences and media, including print, audio, video, and online content. During the last twentyyears, she served as director of the Swannanoa Valley Museum in BlackMountain, NC, and director of Marketing & Communications for the BlueRidge National Heritage Area, work in which she traveled throughoutthe region and learned about the unique history and culture of westernNorth Carolina.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jill LaForge Jones
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0967697255
• ISBN 13: 9780967697253
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144