Seven locks

Description:

"The Hudson River Valley, 1769. A man mysteriously disappears without a trace, abandoning his wife and children on their farm at the foot of the Catskill Mountains. At first many believe that his wife, who has the reputation of being a scold, has driven her husband away, but as the strange circumstances of his disappearance circulate, a darker storyunfolds. And as the lines between myth and reality fade in the wilderness, and an American nation struggles to emerge, the lost man's wife embarks on a desperate journey to find the means to ensure her family's survival"--P. [4] of cover.

subjects: Fiction,  Farm life,  Families,  History,  Fiction, family life, general,  Catskill mountains region (n.y.), fiction

Places: New York (State),  Hudson River Valley (N.Y. and N.J.),  Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.)

Times: 18th century