The Furnace Volume One of the Juniata Iron Trilogy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780983891888)

Elinor Bratton, pregnant and cast aside by her lover, is forced into an arranged marriage to a man she barely knows. Adam MacPhail, an iron worker hoping to become an iron master agrees to the match as a means of realizing his dream. Ellies father orchestrates the union -- not as Ellie would have it, but as he sees fit. So begins a marriage in a time when women had no rights. Ellie, exiled to the wilderness of western Pennsylvania with a man she wouldnt have considered three months before, declares her intention to make Adams life miserable. Adam, unschooled in dealing with women, focuses on turning a down-and-out iron furnace into a profitable producer. Through the early 19th century, the couple struggle to establish a life, disentangle an ill-conceived marriage, and make a success of a derelict furnace. First in the Juniata Iron Trilogy, The Furnace chronicles Ellie and Adams efforts to find a balance and build an enterprise worthy of Juniata Iron, the finest in the world.

Author: Judith Redline Coopey
ISBN-10: 0983891885
ISBN-13: 9780983891888
Publisher: Fox Hollow Press
Language: English
Published: 12/16/2014
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.05lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d