During the late nineteenth centure, only a fraction of Michigan's timbered acreage was saved from shortsighted, frenzied logging. The bestselling trilogy The White Pine Chronicles weaves the sweeping tale of the Havlick family's struggle, from generation to generation, to preserve their virgin white pine forest. This special commemorative edition features the complete text of all three The Covenant, The Inheritance, and The Dream. Full of romance, adventure, and unexpected plot turns, this bestselling series will capture your heart as it has thousands before.
Hilda Stahl was an American author of middle grade and young adult novels, many of them in series. Most of her books are classified as Christian fiction.
Biography from one of her books: "Hilda Stahl was born and raised in the Nebraska sandhills. As a Young teen she attended Bible college, where she met her husband, Norman. They raised their seven children in Michigan, where she lived until her death in 1993. When Hilda was a young mother with three children, she saw an ad in a magazine for a correspondence course in writing. She took the test, passed it, and soon fell in love with writing. She wrote whenever she had free time, and eventually began to sell her work. The first Elizabeth Gail book, The Mystery at the Johnson Farm, was made into a movie in 1989. It was a real dream come true for Hilda. She wanted her books and their message of God's love and power to reach and help people all over the world. — biography from Elizabeth Gail and the Mystery at the Johnson Farm
I loved this trilogy! I have fond memories of these books because they were some of the first adult fiction I read. Mind you, I was 13 when I read them, but the ladies in my family devoured them too so I think they were good. :)
This was another book that I read when I was much younger and now reading it again, I get so much more of the story than I ever remember from before. I am writing this review much later, but I do remember each story builds on the last with one family at the center. One thing that I didn't remember from when I first read it, is that the story is set in Michigan. This made it very relate-able since I am from Michigan and have visited forests like the ones talked about.
SUPER close to not being clean. Like, REALLY close. I probably won't ever read this again. There's also the fact that all three of the books follow the same plot line/pattern. Repetitive and not PG.
This was a fun series to read. There was some historical things I learned about Michigan. It was a fast light read, with a little religion. A nice escape.