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Candace Simar’s book, Abercrombie Trail, a fictionalized account of the Sioux Uprising of 1862, is inhabited by the 19th century settlers of west central Minnesota. It centers on the life of her fictional character Evan Jacobson, an immigrant Norwegian stage coach driver. The stops along Jacobson’s stage line reveal the families who live along the trail between Fort Snelling and Fort Abercrombie (just south of Fargo) and their ultimate fate in the, until now, untold story of the northern fringe of the 1862 Sioux (Dakota) Uprising and the siege of Fort Abercrombie. Jacobson struggles with learning English, falling in love and fulfilling his dreams while living with events of the war in the South and the one threatening on the next horizon.
About the Author
Candace Simar is the author of the Spur Award-winning Abercrombie Trail Series.
The ABERCROMBIE TRAIL SERIES combines her love of history with stories of her Scandinavian heritage.
Book 1 ABERCROMBIE TRAIL: Evan Jacobson, a young Norwegian immigrant, witnesses the 1862 Sioux Uprising as he drives the stagecoach between Fort Snelling and Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory.
Book 2 POMME DE TERRE: Serena and Gust lose everything in the Sioux Uprising and move to Fort Pomme de Terre in Western Minnesota where Indian raids continue.
Book 3 BIRDIE: Ragna Larson survives captivity by the Sioux during the Uprising but her sister, Birdie, is still missing. 2012 Spur Award Winner.
Book 4 BLOOMING PRAIRIE: Evan Jacobson and his family struggle through the Rocky Mountain Locust plagues of the 1870s. 2013 Spur Award Finalist.
FARM GIRLS: 2013 Prose and poetry about growing up on a Minnesota dairy farm.
SHELTERBELTS: North Star Press, May 2015 Tia Fiskum struggles to keep the family farm going in 1945 in spite of financial struggles, her POW brother returning from the WW2 and neighborhood gossips
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