ABOUT THE BOOK
Dearest Minnie is a strong narrative-driven historical fiction which brings to light a typical sailor’s life on the USS Virginia during Teddy Roosevelt’s Great White Fleet cruise of sixteen battleships around the world in 1907-1909.
This story chronicles not only the cruise itself, but the social and political climate of that time in each port where the ships re-coaled. It is told through picture postcards and letters vividly portraying this world event sent from a sailor to his sweetheart eventually leading to a proposal of marriage. My research, the colored postcards and the actual words written by the sailor creates a fresh approach to this subject.
This book will appeal to those who have an interest in American history, military history, postcard collecting, geopolitical interest, and romance.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
LESLIE COMPTON
Author, Speaker, Instructor | Website
Retired professional musician, music teacher, elementary teacher and childbirth educator and has taught several courses on memoir writing. I am a writer of non-fiction, collecting historic postcards and doing research. While researching the Great White Fleet I wrote an article for the Post Card Collector. In my spare time I enjoy fabric-art and quilting as well as attending classes at SOU through OLLI in Southern Oregon. I am currently working on my fourth book, living in Talent, Oregon.