The Letters

by Michele Weiss

In 1870, Mary Ellen Rowe, a 28 year old school teacher, moves from Indiana to Folsom, California, to teach in a new school. Ben Hancock, her friend from Indiana who had told her about the teaching position, has disappeared. She starts asking questions about his disappearance. Samuel Russo, a ranch owner who is Ben's boss, assists Mary Ellen in finding Lillie Baines, a mail order bride Ben had befriended.Lillie has details of Ben's last day in Folsom. As Lillie and Mary Ellen become friends, they decide to start a sewing business. They confront Joseph Collins when they suspect he knows about Ben's disappearance. Collins, owner of Folsom General Store and school superintendent, threatens Mary Ellen with losing her teaching job. Will she find justice for Ben and keep her teaching position?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 109248325X
• ISBN13: 9781092483254
• Release Date: April 2019
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 137 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"