Morah: 19th Century Adventures by Stagecoach - Softcover

Nash, Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1425927041 ISBN 13: 9781425927042

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2006

Synopsis

During summers the author lives in her 7 room log cabin, "Stage Coach Lodge", which is off Stage Coach Road, in Alton, New Hampshire. The cabin sits on a hill overlooking Wolfeboro Bay. Since mid 1700 to 1900, stage coaches were the most popular form of transportation until the automobile took over. As population in New Hampshire grew, and the onset of the Abbot-Downing stage coach in 1823 to 1897 in Concord, N.H.,the only thing that changed was intended use.. The steamboat on Lake Winnepausakee as well as the steam engine train decreased some of the long distance drives of some of the stage coaches, but increased local use such as train station to innor tavern. Morah and Walter's daughter fell in love with an Ohio boy, and exciting adventures took place before marriage on graduation day. Morah and Walter were pillars. Before the century ended, Buffalo Bill Cody made a dramatic entrance in Concord. The author met the real Morah at Florida Southern College in 1995. Ruth was 79, Morah 70. After graduation the following year, Ruth traveled to New Zealand and Australia where she met and stayed four days with Morah's sister, Jean. From teens to oldies, you'll enjoy the story. It moves fast!

About this title

About the Author

Although Ruth S. Nash was born in Westfield. Massachusetts nearly 90 years ago, she has been associated with New Hampshire since 1958 when the family bought Stage Coach Lodge in Alton. Living in Winthrop, Massachusetts, she attended Simmons College one year, graduated from the School of Handicraft and Occupational Therapy, both in Boston, then became a Girl Scout Administrator. She married Clayton Nash in 1940. Her offices were in Lynn, Salem, Lawrence and Andover, and in spite of working 30 years, she and her husband brought up three daughters in Reading. As a volunteer she escorted a troop of Senior Scouts to Mexico and Southwest U.S. for six weeks, and a troop of 32 Senior Scouts to Canada. She's an avid traveler and has been to Europe twice. She just returned from Alaska. She and her husband retired to Florida in 1978; he died of Alzheimers in 1990, and Ruth graduated from Florida Southern College in December, 1996, at age 80. The following March she went on a seven week trip to New Zealand, Australia (camped in the outback for 25 days) and to Japan. It was a Creative Writing course in college that began Ruth's writing career. This is her third book; her previous books are "High Seas To High Stakes or Around Cape Horn To the Gold Rush" and "Tales and Tails of Stage Coach Lodge", animal stories for children.Ruth has outlived her two brothers and sister. Her life as a Girl Scout helped her develop a philosophy which believes, there are no problems, only opportunities, challenges. She has been a registered Girl Scout for 80 years!

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1425927041
• ISBN 13: 9781425927042
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 116