Ghost walls

By Sally M. Walker

Subjects: Juvenile literature, Houses, Dwellings, United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Maryland, history, Dwellings, juvenile literature, History, Saint John's Freehold (Saint Marys City, Md.), United states, history, colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, juvenile literature

Description: Award-winning author Sally M. Walker brings colonial American history to life through the discovery of an important homestead in seventeenth century Maryland. She follows the painstaking work of scientists and historians to coax fascinating stories out of Appendix, Author Biography, Author's Note, Bibliography, Charts/Graphs/Diagrams, Full-Color Reproductions of Artwork, Full-Color Illustrations, Full-Color Photographs, Further Reading, Index, Photo Captions, Primary Source Images, Primary Source Quotation. Author Sally M. Walker tells the story of how teams of scientists and historians managed to hear the ghostly echoes of St. John's House and, over the course of decades of painstaking work, made them speak their stories again.