This is the true story of a Virginia Mennonite woman who fled north between the Confederate and Union armies to join her husband in Maryland. With the rebels hot on their heels, they escaped to Illinois and later went to Kansas in covered wagons. Her husband died eight days after they arrived, leaving Susanna alone on the prairie with seven young children and another one on the way. She endured fires, fevers, poverty, family strife, the deaths of children, and the worst locust plague since Exodus. (250pp. Author, 2026.)

Also available Peggy's War (#4548).