In the year 1824, not far from what is now Indianapolis, Indiana, five white men killed a group of nine innocent, peaceful Indians who were camped nearby. Fall Creek, a settlement about 100 miles northwest of Cincinnati, Ohio, was on the frontier of white civilization. The people who lived there had pushed westward to find their own land, enduring hardships, including Indian raids, before reaching their goal. For many years whites had been killing...

Collection of short stories about a girl growing up in California traces her life from the age of 12 to 16.

Episodic chapters about the Birdwell family, nineteenth century Quakers living in Indiana during the period following the Civil War.

Includes writings about Quakers by the following authors: Gerald Bullett -- George Fox -- William Penn -- Joseph Besse - William Sewel -- Mary Penington -- Thomas Ellwood -- Horatio Rogers -- Daniel Roberts -- Rufus M. Jones -- Isaac Penington -- Margaret Fell -- Robert Barclay -- John Bellers -- Jonathan Dymond -- John Woolman -- Voltaire -- Hector St. John de Crèvecœur -- Thomas Carlyle -- John Greenleaf Whittier -- Elizabeth Fry -- Joseph Clark...