by Beth Gilgun. Softbound, 277 pages, 8" x 11". The author animates the mid to late 1700's with her entertaining "letters" to a friend on the frontier. Daily life, housekeeping, sewing skills and word of the latest goods available in the East Coast markets are some of the topics covered in this collection of fictional letters. Through her first-person narrative, the author puts you in touch with life in Colonial America.