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Ruby Sanders: A Novel
Ruby Sanders is the coming of age story of a young slave girl and her relationship with two very different men, Jared Anderson, the son of a wealthy southern planter and Mingo Williams, the dark skinned, biracial son of a planter and his slave mistress.
The Civil War has ravished the plantations around Atlanta and then news comes from the North that President Lincoln has found a new general who’s willing and very able to carry out his scorched earth policy towards the South.
Playmates since young children, Jared has vowed to free Ruby and her family. But first, he must free his own.
In order to do both, he has come up with a daring plan to move everyone, including Ruby, west to the newly opened and slavery free Colorado Territories.
But there’s a problem. Jared and his family are broke. So, in order to gain the money he needs to keep his promise to Ruby, he’s forced into marrying the young impetuous daughter of the odious Henry Wilkes and his hypocritical wife, Helen.
Along the way, however, a new and very different man, Mingo Williams, enters the picture and has plans of his own for Ruby.
Will his presence destroy Jared’s plans? Or will Ruby and Jared’s love survive race, family, honor, duty, and a harrowing journey across a war torn country?
The Civil War has ravished the plantations around Atlanta and then news comes from the North that President Lincoln has found a new general who’s willing and very able to carry out his scorched earth policy towards the South.
Playmates since young children, Jared has vowed to free Ruby and her family. But first, he must free his own.
In order to do both, he has come up with a daring plan to move everyone, including Ruby, west to the newly opened and slavery free Colorado Territories.
But there’s a problem. Jared and his family are broke. So, in order to gain the money he needs to keep his promise to Ruby, he’s forced into marrying the young impetuous daughter of the odious Henry Wilkes and his hypocritical wife, Helen.
Along the way, however, a new and very different man, Mingo Williams, enters the picture and has plans of his own for Ruby.
Will his presence destroy Jared’s plans? Or will Ruby and Jared’s love survive race, family, honor, duty, and a harrowing journey across a war torn country?
- GenresRomance
418 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 27, 2013
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About the author
Eliza D. Ankum
12 books3 followersEliza D. Ankum grew up in the small, and very rural, town of Latham, Alabama back in a time when there were no McDonalds, paved streets, or street lights, and telephones were a luxury.
Her favorite pastime was reading the Encyclopedia Britannica.
When she was 13 years old, her parents made a decision that would forever change her life. They moved the family to Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago was a world apart from Latham, Alabama. Everything was different – the way the people dressed, the way they talked, and even the way they moved through their world was different from down home.
As might be expected, her rural upbringing made her a target for Chicago's tough inner city kids. How did she cope? She took to the Library and found new worlds and friends in books. Never before had she found such solace. Latham had been too poor and too isolated to afford such an indulgence as a Library.
After High School, she transferred her love of reading into a job set taking on mostly administrative and secretarial jobs. These jobs gave her another set of skills valuable to all authors, grammar and sentence building.
It was not until years later, while watching The Oprah Show that she was inspired to try her hand at writing, first with her riveting autobiography, ‘STALKED! By Voices’. Which she followed with nine fiction novels and one book of poetry.
Her favorite pastime was reading the Encyclopedia Britannica.
When she was 13 years old, her parents made a decision that would forever change her life. They moved the family to Chicago, Illinois.
Chicago was a world apart from Latham, Alabama. Everything was different – the way the people dressed, the way they talked, and even the way they moved through their world was different from down home.
As might be expected, her rural upbringing made her a target for Chicago's tough inner city kids. How did she cope? She took to the Library and found new worlds and friends in books. Never before had she found such solace. Latham had been too poor and too isolated to afford such an indulgence as a Library.
After High School, she transferred her love of reading into a job set taking on mostly administrative and secretarial jobs. These jobs gave her another set of skills valuable to all authors, grammar and sentence building.
It was not until years later, while watching The Oprah Show that she was inspired to try her hand at writing, first with her riveting autobiography, ‘STALKED! By Voices’. Which she followed with nine fiction novels and one book of poetry.
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November 19, 2014
Civil war family secrets, drama, history.
At first I wasn't sure I was going to finish the book. However after sorting all the characters and their secrets out it became much more interesting. Some parts of the roles of slaves and mistreatment. Civil war fear combines two families by marriage in a wagon train too Colorado with their slaves. A arranged marriage of a son and daughter of the plantation white families is made suddenly before leaving. Love interest that is forbidden grow during the travel. Book does end that it may continue but not listed yet.
At first I wasn't sure I was going to finish the book. However after sorting all the characters and their secrets out it became much more interesting. Some parts of the roles of slaves and mistreatment. Civil war fear combines two families by marriage in a wagon train too Colorado with their slaves. A arranged marriage of a son and daughter of the plantation white families is made suddenly before leaving. Love interest that is forbidden grow during the travel. Book does end that it may continue but not listed yet.
March 15, 2015
Ending
The ending of this book is just wrong. Excellent story line should of ended the book better. Was very disappointed
The ending of this book is just wrong. Excellent story line should of ended the book better. Was very disappointed
June 30, 2015
10
This book truly kept me on edge waiting and wanting to read more!! Can't wait to finish the rest!! Kathy Johnson!!
This book truly kept me on edge waiting and wanting to read more!! Can't wait to finish the rest!! Kathy Johnson!!
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