Detail view of The Lost Quilter: An Elm Creek Quilts Novel Author Chiaverini, Jennifer Descriptors Civil War Genealogy Quilts and Quilting Runaways Slavery Location/Setting: Pennsylvania South Carolina Virginia Time Period: 1850s Other titles you may enjoy Other authors you may enjoy Macomber, Debbie Richards, Emilie Summary The 14th entry in the series finishes the story begun in the `Runaway Quilt,` published in 2002. An employee of Sylvia Bergstrom Compson plans to refinish an old desk when a stack of letters is discovered in a locked drawer. The letters date back to the 1850s, and they are from escaped slave Joanna North. She traveled the Underground Railroad spending some time in hiding at Elm Creek until captured and sent back to Virginia. Critique Joanna's circumstances are difficult to imagine. This is a wonderful story of fortitude. Highly recommend. ISBN 9781416533160    # of Pages 337 Published 2009 Formats Reviewer's Initials: ED Books in your Bookbag 0 View your bag Print your bag Empty your bag                   For questions or comments regarding the reading room, please contact: RRPL Webmaster