Prairie Patchwork

Many children were left fatherless after the War Between the States, and my sister, brother, and I were no exception. So begins the story of Carrie and her family as they travel from western Virginia to Kansas in 1871 to start a new life. With fascinating details based on family records, award-winning quilter and author Martha Walker weaves snippets of both fact and fiction into Carrie’s story, imagining what the young girl may have seen on the way to her new home.