When the frontier became a battleground, ordinary people became heroes.
Elizabeth Hadley envisions her family enduring mild hardships as she and Daniel build a new life in Kansas Territory in 1855. Instead of easily solved challenges, she finds herself thrown into a violent struggle that will determine the future of the United States.
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When the frontier became a battleground, ordinary people became heroes.Hadley Hope Series
The Hadley Family series chronicles this family as they settle in Indiana in 1830, become personally acquainted with the injustice of slavery, move to Kansas Territory, experience the violence of the Bleeding Kansas era and survive the Civil War. The series explores romance, family relationships, facing hardships, violence, and thriving through the bonding of love.
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Sandra enjoys writing historical fiction, historical romance, and nonfiction. Generally, she focuses her writing on Kansas and Kansas history. She is passionate about the wonders Kansas has to offer—the people, the landscape, the history, the culture. Currently, Sandra is researching a novel to be set during the Civil War in Lawrence, Kansas.
