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Many A Voyage
Her brightest dream was to settle down in her own home town and raise a family. But when she married Edmund Ross, Fannie was caught up in a whirlwind. Fearfully she read her husband's stirring newspaper editorials that decried slavery, and saw him responding to the fervent call to "Go West!" From Sandusky, Ohio, the Rosses moved to Milwaukee. And just as the growing family was putting roots down, they were off on the dangerous overland journey to "bleeding" Kansas, the hot center of the conflict between the states.
Few women have ever had to summon up such devotion, trust, courage, adaptability and understanding in a marriage. Energetic, idealistic Edmund G. Ross lived every moment for the sake of deep convictions. He spoke out constantly for the freedom of slaves and aided the underground railway; he helped bring the railroads to the West; he took part in framing the constitution that made Kansas a state; when war came, he served as a major in the Union Army. Then, after accepting an appointment to the Senate, he incurred the curses of his fellow senators and Kansas constituents, and caused the ostracism of his family at home, when he cast the deciding vote that saved President Andrew Johnson from conviction during the infamous impeachment trial -- a monumental self-sacrifice which is now regarded as one of the noblest acts in the history of American politics, for it preserved the established form of constitutional government.
MANY A VOYAGE is the remarkable story of one woman's odyssey in following her husband through the most trying years of America's past. In telling it, Loula Grace Erdman gives an intimately graphic and memorable portrait of the half-century that encompassed the bitter anti-slavery struggle, the Civil War and its chaotic aftermath in the Reconstruction era.
Few women have ever had to summon up such devotion, trust, courage, adaptability and understanding in a marriage. Energetic, idealistic Edmund G. Ross lived every moment for the sake of deep convictions. He spoke out constantly for the freedom of slaves and aided the underground railway; he helped bring the railroads to the West; he took part in framing the constitution that made Kansas a state; when war came, he served as a major in the Union Army. Then, after accepting an appointment to the Senate, he incurred the curses of his fellow senators and Kansas constituents, and caused the ostracism of his family at home, when he cast the deciding vote that saved President Andrew Johnson from conviction during the infamous impeachment trial -- a monumental self-sacrifice which is now regarded as one of the noblest acts in the history of American politics, for it preserved the established form of constitutional government.
MANY A VOYAGE is the remarkable story of one woman's odyssey in following her husband through the most trying years of America's past. In telling it, Loula Grace Erdman gives an intimately graphic and memorable portrait of the half-century that encompassed the bitter anti-slavery struggle, the Civil War and its chaotic aftermath in the Reconstruction era.
- GenresHistorical Fiction
309 pages, Hardcover
First published September 1, 1953
About the author
Loula Grace Erdman
26 books10 followersERDMAN, LOULA GRACE (1898–1976). Loula Grace Erdman, writer, daughter of August F. and Mollie (Maddox) Erdman, was born on June 8, 1898, near Alma, Lafayette County, Missouri. She attended Central Missouri State College (B.S., 1931) and Columbia University (M.A., 1941). She also studied at the University of Wisconsin, the University of Southern California, and West Texas State College. She subsequently moved to Texas and taught in the Amarillo public schools and at West Texas State College, where she eventually became novelist-in-residence and director of the Advanced Workshop in Creative Writing.
Erdman began writing in the 1930s, and by 1946 about fifty of her short stories and magazine articles had been published, as well as her first juvenile novel, Separate Star (1944), a book about career teaching. In 1946 she won the $10,000 Dodd, Mead-Redbook Award for The Years of the Locust (1947), a novel set in her native Missouri. In 1952 she received the American Girl-Dodd, Mead Award for The Wind Blows Free (1952), the first volume of a juvenile trilogy about a pioneer Panhandle family. She continued the story of the Pierce family in The Wide Horizon (1956) and The Good Land (1959). Room to Grow (1962), a novel about French immigrants who moved to the Panhandle via New Orleans, won her the Texas Institute of Letters Juvenile Award. She received both the Texas Institute of Letters Award and the Steck-Vaughn Award for A Bluebird Will Do (1973). Her other works include A Wonderful Thing and Other Stories (1940), Fair Is the Morning (1945), Lonely Passage (1948), The Edge of Time (1950), Three at the Wedding (1953), My Sky Is Blue (1953), The Far Journey (1955), Short Summer (1958), Many a Voyage (1960), The Man Who Told the Truth (1962), Life Was Simpler Then (1963), Another Spring (1966), Bright Sky (1969), A Time to Write (1969), and Save Weeping for the Night (1975).
Miss Erdman was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Panhandle Penwomen, Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. As a career teacher who never considered abandoning teaching even after she gained recognition as a writer, she also belonged to the National Education Association and the Texas State Teachers Association.
Erdman began writing in the 1930s, and by 1946 about fifty of her short stories and magazine articles had been published, as well as her first juvenile novel, Separate Star (1944), a book about career teaching. In 1946 she won the $10,000 Dodd, Mead-Redbook Award for The Years of the Locust (1947), a novel set in her native Missouri. In 1952 she received the American Girl-Dodd, Mead Award for The Wind Blows Free (1952), the first volume of a juvenile trilogy about a pioneer Panhandle family. She continued the story of the Pierce family in The Wide Horizon (1956) and The Good Land (1959). Room to Grow (1962), a novel about French immigrants who moved to the Panhandle via New Orleans, won her the Texas Institute of Letters Juvenile Award. She received both the Texas Institute of Letters Award and the Steck-Vaughn Award for A Bluebird Will Do (1973). Her other works include A Wonderful Thing and Other Stories (1940), Fair Is the Morning (1945), Lonely Passage (1948), The Edge of Time (1950), Three at the Wedding (1953), My Sky Is Blue (1953), The Far Journey (1955), Short Summer (1958), Many a Voyage (1960), The Man Who Told the Truth (1962), Life Was Simpler Then (1963), Another Spring (1966), Bright Sky (1969), A Time to Write (1969), and Save Weeping for the Night (1975).
Miss Erdman was a member of the Texas Institute of Letters, the Panhandle Penwomen, Delta Kappa Gamma, Kappa Delta Pi, and Phi Kappa Phi. As a career teacher who never considered abandoning teaching even after she gained recognition as a writer, she also belonged to the National Education Association and the Texas State Teachers Association.
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November 2, 2020
Written in 1960, readers learn through the eyes of his wife about the life, times, and accomplishments of Edmund Ross - newspaperman, senator, and governor in the territories/states of the U.S. before and after the Civil War. Fannie Ross tells of her sacrifices, strengths, and supportive efforts as her husband leads them through dangerous, tough, and historical times. A simple yet strong story of its time.
June 9, 2022
Although an interesting story, there were a few mistakes that a good researcher would not have made. (Note: the author thanked her sources and appeared to claim to have done extensive research.) Two of the mistakes are as follows. The Wisconsin River does not run through Milwaukee. Flynt (Ross) is spelled Flint, but on his gravestone it is clearly spelled with a "y."
June 23, 2017
Featuring Edmund G. Ross through the eyes of his wife. Senator Ross of Kansas cast the vote against the impeachment of President Johnson and was ostracized for it for several years. He was also the first territorial governor of New Mexico. Interesting history of our country, Kansas and New Mexico at the time of and after the civil war. Politics haven't changed much.
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