Synopsis The fourth entry in the Elm Creek Quilts series, this novel features quilting guru Sylvia, who finds an old quilt on a trip south--a quilt that seems to reveal unsavory doings relating to the family of Sylvia's young assistant, Sarah. As the two women try to trace the message of the quilt, they uncover stories from the past that illuminate the complex world of a woman named Gerda, a 19th-century German immigrant.
| Details | | Publication Date: | 2002-03-26 |
| Size | | Length: | 329 pages | | Height: | 8.8 in | | Width: | 5.8 in | | Thickness: | 1.2 in | | Weight: | 16.8 oz |
Publisher's Note The fourth novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series asks and answers an important historical question: did the "stationmasters" of the underground railroad use quilts a method of signalling fugitive slaves, as Sylvia Compson discovers evidence of her ancestors' involvement with the Underground Railroad.
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