Rediscovered Classics: Jubilee Trail (Series #3) (Paperback)

from Janientrelac

As the forward says, it's the 1950's writing about the 1840's, and it's long. But not boring, and so far as I know, historically accurate. the view of the "diggers" and of slavery depicts the veiws of the 1840's. I didn't read this one of Bristow's books as a teenager, guess the library didn't ha...

from TurtleCreekBooks

Interesting historical romance with the emphasis on the historical rather than the romance. Have to admit that I rather enjoyed reading more about Garnet's (the main character) friend Florinda (the bad girl with a heart of gold type), and tended to admire the latter more than the former. The hist...

from Janientrelac

As the forward says, it's the 1950's writing about the 1840's, and it's long. But not boring, and so far as I know, historically accurate. the view of the "diggers" and of slavery depicts the veiws of the 1840's. I didn't read this one of Bristow's books as a teenager, guess the library didn't ha...

from DeltaQueen50

I decided to re-read the 1950 historical novel Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow because when I originally discovered this author in my teens some forty years ago, I galloped through all her books in record time and, looking back, I had a hard time remembering which one was which. Set in the 1840's, ...