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Faith on the Mall
Ann Beltran, author
Adult; General Fiction (including literary and historical); (Market)
Step back in time to this full-blooded, deep-spirited American saga
Before the Civil War, three siblings raised at the Lockhouse on the National Mall must rebound from tragedy. As the characters transform, so does the Mall with the arrival of the Washington Monument and the Smithsonian - and then the Union Army. This 15-year family saga of emerging feminist, businessman, and naturalist immerses you in the real lives of Senators and prostitutes, gay and straight national figures, explorers and Civil War boy soldiers. Truly a tale of Americana that shapes our lives today.
Reviews
The Historical Fiction Company
It takes a skilled writer to transform history into art by placing humanity’s flesh and blood onto a factual skeleton. Such works make reality more interesting and accessible and the writer is thereby fulfilling a service to others. Ann Beltran gives mid-19th century America this treatment in Faith on the Mall, a novel about three siblings living on the National Mall in what was then called Washington City, now Washington, DC. This is an excellent novel whose biggest strengths are its prose and its character analysis. It will be of interest to anyone who enjoys early American history with a sentimental touch.