Early Candlelight

by Maud Hart Lovelace

Book Overview

This historical novel set at Old Fort Snelling in the 1830s is a rich and romantic re-creation of the early settlement period in Minnesota's history. Maud Hart Lovelace's careful research into the documents of the Historical Society, combined with her knowledge of the actual setting, enabled her to write a story that conveys a sense of time and place both accurate and compelling for young adults as well as general readers.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0873512693
• ISBN13: 9780873512695
• Release Date: August 1992
• Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press
• Length: 342 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.3" x 7.5"

Customer Reviews

Great book

This is a great historical book even if you aren't already a fan of Maud Hart Lovelace. She has a wonderful way of mixing fact with a fictional story. I love her work.

Wonderful Historical Novel

Early Candlelight was written over a hundred years ago and is a wonderful story about Fort Snelling in St Paul Minnesota, around the time when people were still settling there. It is about a girl whose family lives outside the fort. It tells about numerous happenings, with the soldiers and their wives, the indians, and even the traders in the area. Eventually leading to a romance at the end. I enjoyed it thoroughly.