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HIstorical Fiction

Rochester Underground Railroad Novel Gets Updated Edition

July 18, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Special Delivery bookUntil recently when long-lost family mementos came to light, there was very little information about the daily life of Frederick and Anna Douglass in Rochester, New York.

There was even less about their five children. Historian Rose O’Keefe put everything she could find in Frederick and Anna Douglass in Rochester, New York: Their Home Was Open to All (The History Press, 2013). Though it had strong content, the book still left questions without answers. What would it have been like to live on the Underground Railroad? [Read more…] about Rochester Underground Railroad Novel Gets Updated Edition

Filed Under: History, Arts, Books, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Black History, Books, Frederick Douglass, HIstorical Fiction, Monroe County, Rochester, Slavery, Underground Railroad

Sheila Myers On Her Durant Family Novel

July 10, 2015 by Bob Cudmore Leave a Comment

The Historians LogoThis week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Sheila Myers, author of the novel, Imaginary Brightness: A Durant Family Saga. William West Durant is the focus of her novel; Durant marketed Adirondack great camps as vacation homes for super wealthy American industrialists. You can listen at “The Historians” online archive here. [Read more…] about Sheila Myers On Her Durant Family Novel

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Adirondacks, HIstorical Fiction, Podcasts, The Historians

Special Delivery: Traveling the Underground Railroad

November 8, 2014 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Special Delivery Front CoverSpecial Delivery: From One Stop to Another on the Underground Railroad (North Country Books, 2014), is Rose O’Keefe’s latest effort to show what daily life was like in the 1850s, and what life was like in Rochester for families active on the Underground Railroad.

This historical fiction is a companion book to O’Keefe’s recent book Frederick and Anna Douglass in Rochester NY: Their Home Was Open to All (History Press, 2013). O’Keefe’s newest book is the story of eleven-year-old Lewis Douglass, who gives a very personal take on the Douglass family’s move from one house to another in Rochester in 1852. [Read more…] about Special Delivery: Traveling the Underground Railroad

Filed Under: Books, History, Western NY Tagged With: Abolition, Frederick Douglass, HIstorical Fiction, Lake Ontario, Monroe County, Rochester, Slavery, Underground Railroad

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