A roll of the bones

Morgan-Cole, Trudy J., 1965- author.

Book 2019

In 1610, John Guy established a small colony in Cupids, Newfoundland, on the very edge of a world unknown to Europeans. Two years later, he brought a shipment of supplies to his all-male settlement: 70 goats, 10 heifers, 2 bulls, and 16 women. A Roll of the Bones tells the story of some of these nameless women by tracing the journeys of three young people-- Ned Perry, Nancy Ellis, and Kathryn Gale-- who leave Bristol, England, for a life in the s...

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