If Logs Could Talk

Résumé du livre

This creative nonfiction book centers on a 220-year-old pioneer cabin located 15 miles west of historic Winchester, Virginia. The book takes the reader back to the French-Indian War and Capt. James Anderson, who received a military warrant for 3,000 acres. Later a 1,000-acre survey, based on that warrant, was completed and a patent, signed by Governor James Wood, was granted. The 16x20-foot mountain log cabin was built in about 1795 to meet the minimum requirement to retain patented land. The book leads the reader through the cabin's long history, its string of owners and the lives of those who lived there in happiness and sorrow, good times and bad, war and peace, and for some, birth or death. The 224-page work also describes the subdivision of the land on which the cabin is situated, farming the land, and the restoration of the cabin and farm. The book includes over 260 photos and illustrations, footnotes, an extensive bibliography, and a detailed index to assist the reader.