Three selections from Elsie Singmaster’s classic Gettysburg:

Stories of the Red Harvest and the Aftermath

“July the First”:

War shocks Gettysburg—where are the armies?

“The Battleground”:

Lincoln honors Gettysburg—where will it end?

“Mary Bowman”:

Sightseers tour Gettysburg—where has it led?

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In Singmaster’s powerful and specific exploration of a Civil War icon’s physical and emotional terrain, fictional towns-woman Mary Bowman lives the war and its legacy—from the first shots at Willoughby Run to the consolation of Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, to the country’s healing a half century on. Published in 1913, on the eve of another fateful cataclysm : World War I.

THE  AUTHOR

Elsie Singmaster (1878 – 1958) is best remembered for her local colorist fiction, featuring the Pennsylvania Germans of her native state. Other Civil War – related works include I Speak for Thaddeus Stevens, “The Courier of the Czar,” and Swords of Steel. A graduate of Cornell University and Radcliffe College, Singmaster lived in Gettysburg for virtually all her adult life.

THE  ACTRESS

Professional actress Michèle LaRue has specialized in performances of theatre and literature from America’s Gilded Age and Progressive Era, for 25 years. Her 450-plus sponsors include colleges, universities, libraries, historical societies, and conferences, from Maine to Washington State.

http://www.michelelarue.com