Trees in the Mist: Discovering a family tree and a story hidden in the mist of time. Gabriella Brown The ladies of Butternut Creek

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Trees in the Mist: Discovering a family tree and a story hidden in the mist of time. Gabriella Brown The ladies of Butternut CreekTrees in the Mist is a five part novel about a family line that begins with the young man, John Dowling, coming to America in the mid 1700s bringing his father's flintlock musket. He finds himself along the northern coast of Maine where he meets up with a man, Samuel Bryant, who takes a liking to the boy and invites him to stay with his family. What ensues is a love story surrounding the revolutionary war and the fight for freedom. The town of