Ebook: Whistler in the Dark
Author: Ernst Kathleen
- Tags: Detective and mystery stories, Frontier and pioneer life, Frontier and pioneer life--Colorado, JUVENILE FICTION--General, JUVENILE FICTION--Historical--United States--Civil War Period (1850-1877), Mothers and daughters, Mystery and detective stories, Newspaper publishing, Sex role, Electronic books, Fiction, Juvenile works, Detective and mystery fiction, Newspaper publishing -- Juvenile fiction, Frontier and pioneer life -- Colorado -- Juvenile fiction, Sex role -- Juvenile fiction, Mothers and daughters -- Juv
- Publisher: Open Road Media
- Language: English
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An Agatha Award nominee for Best Children's/Young Adult Mystery and a WILLA Award finalist for Best Children's/Young Adult Book: In 1867, a twelve-year-old girl faces danger and disaster when she moves to the Colorado Territory with her widowed mother, who is hoping to start a newspaper
Emma Henderson's mother has changed since her father died fighting in the Civil War. First, she starts wearing an embarrassing bloomer costume—trousers under a short skirt. Then, she forces Emma to move to the far-off Colorado Territory so she can be editor of a newspaper! When Emma hears someone whistling her father's favorite tune as they prepare to leave Chicago, she knows it's a bad omen.
The hardscrabble mining town of Twin Pines is very different from Emma's former home in the city. Instead of having a house of their own, she and her mother must live in a boarding house. Worst of all, it's clear from the moment they step off the stagecoach that someone doesn't...