Blood of My Ancestor

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5.0
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344
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About this ebook

Goldsberry Hollow was a rural community in Martin County, Indiana that was first settled in the 1800s by the Goldsberry family. When Alanson Lyon moved his family into the hollow in 1864, it made the Goldsberry family unhappy, because Alanson was a wealthy man who built a large home and set up a large farm. After Alanson and his family got settled, the Goldsberry family became accepting of them.
When Alanson died, his son, Joel, became the owner of the farm. About the same time, John Goldsberry's daughter, Malinda, became pregnant, but she wasn't married. To keep her father from beating her to death, Joel took Malinda and her daughter into his home, hiring her as his housekeeper. Joel fell in love with Malinda and eventually married her.
Malinda also had an older sister who lived in the hollow whose name was Margaret. When Margaret's husband died just a few months after Malinda did, the Goldsberrys naturally assumed Joel would marry Malinda's sister. When Joel didn't marry Margaret but married Adaline Cannon instead, a family feud broke out, resulting in Adaline's murder.
From church picnics and pie-eating contests to making moonshine and cousin love, this based on a true story takes you through life in a rural farming community in the late 1800s. Add to the story jealousy and greed versus the desire to marry, raise a family and have a happy home, and the simple life of a wealthy farmer is left in total disarray.

Ratings and reviews

5.0
3 reviews
Kenny Farmer
December 16, 2012
Its been a long time since I have taken time to just relax and read a book. I have just finished reading Blood of My Ancestor and I must say that I was completely into this book from the first page. Carolyn Howard has done a magnificent job of re creating this story. I felt that I was living in Goldsberry Hollow and knew each of these people. The only thing I did not like about this book was that it had to end. I look forward to more books from this author because I think her career has just begun.
Laura Frazier
December 26, 2012
I really enjoyed this book. At first, I wanted to read it because the majority of my family came from this area of Indiana. When I began reading the book, I was taken in immediately! I wanted to know as much as I could about the people involved in the story. I appreciate the time and effort taken by Ms. Howard to put the story in order by dates/events as much as she could. Entertaining read! I plan on reading it again soon!
Deeanna Leffert
January 26, 2014
Stayed up all night reading this book from beginning to end.

About the author

Carolyn Howard is a musician who resides in Evansville, Indiana. She wrote her first novel, Blood of My Ancestor, after she heard the story of her Great Aunt's murder, passed down through her family's oral tradition. Intrigued by the story, she began researching and was fascinated to learn how incorrectly it had been passed down. The only truth to the story she heard was that Joel was Catholic and Adaline was Protestant, that they decided to raise their children in both churches, and that Joel slept under the bier the night before Adaline's burial.

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