Gifts from the Catalog and Cabin of the Carver

SOUTHERN HISTORICAL FICTION AT ITS BEST

This wonderfully written historical fiction series captures the unforgettable struggles, dreams, failures, and triumphs of settler life in the Ozark mountains at the dawn of the 20th century. Life there was rugged and almost always unforgiving. The people and families who called these mountains and River’s Bend home were of hardy stock. They experienced great hardships and suffering, but they were gritty, tough, and stubborn (and faithful) too—and they persevered against even the bleakest of odds. Their inspiring lives and stories remind us that suffering builds perseverance, and perseverance builds character, and character builds hope—and hope, blessed hope, never disappoints.



GIFTS FROM THE CATALOG

Through a series of unusual events, a girl from St. Louis finds herself on the train leaving St. Louis and heading into the hills of Arkansas—a place that seemed like a foreign country. Reason told her she should turn around and go back where she belonged, but where did she actually belong? The Rock Island Line stretched on with Rosalie aboard the locomotive. Would the tiny town of River Bend be the final stop?



CABIN OF THE CARVER

Only old Granny Nelson was old enough to remember the mysterious circumstances surrounding the tiny log building (often called Old Man’s Cabin). The tiny structure seemed to have been built in a night by a ragged old man who brought Christmas toys to the children of the small town. Just as mysteriously, he had disappeared, leaving the tiny log house. Now, nearly five decades later, the cabin still clung to the banks of the rushing river as if inviting renewed occupancy. And the river, which swept all things downstream, allowed a special family to be brought upstream to make their new life in River Bend.



EARLY 1900s — RURAL ARKANSAS — FAMILY FRIENDLY



Ms. Joann Klusmeyer is the daughter of pioneer missionary parents. She grew up in rural Arkansas and learned and served in the little country church her father built and then pastored. Ms. Klusmeyer is a prolific author with over 50 titles to her credit (and counting).



Ms. Klusmeyer’s historical fiction series for adults, set between the 1880s and the 1920s, include: The Burnt Tree Junction Series, The Ozark Mountain Series, Taming the Wilderness Series, Wisps of Time Chronology Series, and The Wishbone Hollow Trilogy.



Her family-friendly children’s book series include: The Great I AM Bible Story Series for Kids, The Young Pioneers Adventure Series for Kids, The Wentworth Triplets Mystery Series for Young Teens, and Footsteps in the Canyon Adventure Series for Young Teens.