Roadantha's Road
Novels
By:
Joyce Hilliard Stotts
A Thrilling Pioneer Adventure! Inspired by true historical events and places, Rodantha’s Road captures how it felt to be a pioneer in the 1850s—the loneliness, fear, and uncertainty, as well as the exhilaration and freedom of traveling west into uncharted territory where only the toughest survive.
Rodantha, a backwoods young woman with a dream for a better life, and her husband William, an abolitionist running from pro-slavery forces, make their way across 1,000 miles of challenging terrain to settle in "Bleeding Kansas."
Superb in its fusion of adventure and love. Ms. Stotts gives us an emotional and vivid portrayal of pioneer expansion from Virginia to Kansas during Civil War rumblings. The romance is deeply moving, and the historical accuracy is fabulously informing.
-- Jon-Michael Miller, Professor of English Penn State University, Ohio State, and St. Petersburg College, author, ESL Movie Lessons
An engaging tale of adventure and hardship, of traveling through and settling the American West. A history lesson and Kansas love story, carefully researched and told with preciseness and passion. Educators will want to add this historical fiction to their libraries and supplemental reading lists.
-- David Bowman, teacher, principal, curriculum director, and assessment consultant, Kansas Dept. of Education
Reader's Favorite - 5 Stars Award