My Quaker Maid

254 pp. EXCERPT: "No; she can't make the pace - it's no use trying! We've got to separate. You post me where to wait on the other side of the line for you. I don't know a rod of your Yankee land outside of cities. Where is the plantation of your Quaker friend, the horse breeder? He was still rubbing the animal's foreleg ruefully, and the tone of anxiety appeared as much for the hurt as for his own safety." ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Marah Ellis Ryan (née Martin; February 27, 1860 or 1866 – July 11, 1934), also known as Ellis Martin, was an author, actress, and activist from the United States. She was considered an authority on Native Americans after living with the Hopi."