Four Summers Waiting

by Mary Fremont Schoenecker

Book Overview

Maria Onderdonk, daughter of a prominent Long Island windower, steps out of the dutiful-daughter role after a year of family mourning. Her best friend Carolyn involves her in an Abolitionist Society... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1594144753
• ISBN13: 9781594144752
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Five Star (ME)
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Four Summers Waiting

The Large Print edition of Four Summers Waiting is a good value and an interesting read. You learn much about restrictions put on women during the Civil War era. Informative fiction based on fact, with true characters and authentic letters and diary excerpts, make history come alive for the reader.

You Must Read This Book!!!

Four Summers Waiting by Mary Fremont Schoenecker is a must for your summer reading list. A jewel box of a novel, it takes you back to a time when manners and social graces were more gentle and restricting, and the tenor of the times was explosive. Set in Long Island and Washington City, it is the story of Maria Onderdonk, daughter of a prominent judge. The time is just before the Civil War, when tempers run high, and the Underground Railroad aids runaway slaves to freedom. Through her friend Caroline, a passionate abolitionist, Maria attends an anti-slavery meeting where she meets Henry Simms. Henry is moonlighting as a conductor on the underground Railroad while finishing medical school. There is an immediate attraction between the two. During the four summers of the Civil War, their relationship deepens, bur conflict and tragedy intervene, hard decisions must be faced, and marriage must wait. Meticulously researched and gently told, Four Summers Waiting is a most compelling reading experience!