Historical Fiction

by Nellie E. Robertson

Kathyrn's Courage


 Kathryn's Courage

Nellie Robertson has also published two books on Monroe history, and she draws heavily upon her research for those books in Kathryn's Courage. "The book is based a lot on the Charles Stackpole diaries interpreted by Blanche Shannahan. All the historical facts come from those plus some of my previous research," Nellie said.

In 1871 Kathryn Amhurst traveled from New Hampshire to the Pacific Northwest to marry Aaron Collier, a man she had never met. A spinster at 22, she did not choose to continue her teaching career or seek a husband in the East. She thought a challenging life awaited her in Washington Territory's wilderness. It did, in many ways. She experienced birth, death, sickness, accidents, various relationships, and with great courage she survived every one of them. She also felt the blush of first love, but not for her husband.

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