"Stitch of Courage," the third book in the Trail of Thread series, tells the story of the orphaned Maggie Kennedy, who follows her brothers to Kansas in the late 1850s and faces the demons of the Civil War.
Sititch of Courage, the third book in the Trail of Thread series, tells the story of the orphaned Maggie Kennedy, who followed her brothers to Kansas in the late 1850s. In letters to her sister in Ohio, Maggie describes how the women of Kansas faced the demons of the Civil War, fighting bravely to protect their homes and families while never knowing from one day to the next whether their men were alive or dead on the faraway battlefield. Twelves quilt patterns are stitched into this story.