The Clever Mill Horse
by Jodi Lew-Smith
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Pub Date Aug 15 2014 | Archive Date Apr 27 2015
Caspian Press | Independent Book Publishers Association Members' Titles
Description
A young woman’s gift could weave together the fabric of a nation...
1810, upstate New York. 21-year-old Ella Kenyon is happiest gliding through the thick woods around her small frontier town, knife in hand, her sharp eyes tracking game. A gift for engineering is in her blood, but she would gladly trade it for more time in the forest. If only her grandfather's dying wish hadn't trapped her into a fight she never wanted: for a flax-milling machine that could rescue both her family and her struggling town. She has the chance to make flax as profitable as cotton at a time when cotton had yet to become king. If only she wanted it. Torn between what she loves and what she owes to others, no one would envy the choices she has to make. Nor the need to elude a ruthless foe determined to steal the machine.
A Note From the Publisher
Also available in Ebook format, $16.99, 978-0-9913412-1-4.
Advance Praise
“The Clever Mill Horse is that rarest of all contemporary novels: an authentically old-fashioned adventure story, in all the best senses. Full of drama, humor, plot surprises, and, best of all, memorable characters. . .” —Howard Frank Mosher, author of Where the Rivers Flow North
“In this delightful debut novel set in the early 19th century, a young woman fights to patent her flax-milling machine. . .An assured, cleverly plotted piece of historical fiction with an irrepressible female protagonist.” —Kirkus Reviews
“. . .intricately plotted and exceedingly well paced. . . filled with danger, science, and suspense, the story rings true with historical and natural detail. . . a complete and finely polished first novel.” —Foreword Reviews
“. . . a captivating work of historical fiction, well-structured, compellingly-paced, thoroughly researched and beautifully written. . . (with) a vivid sense of place and era, and the characters she presents are complex, colorful and highly sympathetic. I particularly enjoyed Ella, the novel's strong female protagonist. . .” —April Eberhardt, head judge of The James River Writers indie novel contest, as to why she selected The Clever Mill Horse for the first prize award
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9780991341207 |
| PRICE | $16.99 (USD) |
Average rating from 8 members
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