An Enigma Solved
The Fair Oaks Diary
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About the Book
A story within a story, this is a romantic novel in the style of the 1940’s, which means it is brief, simple, plausible and clean. The first protagonist, a Hessian Lt. with Burgoyne’s Army at
What subsequently happens to him is unknown until 1909 when his diary is found between the thick walls of the mansion intact and legible. Legible except that the last pages are written in some strange code and cannot be read.
In 1946 Ab Andrus, the only Inheritance Investigator in the South is requested by the State of
Like the Hessian he gets to know too warmly the current Mistress of Fair Oaks and both couples learn a great about themselves and each other in their contacts made in the search. One wins his lady and the other does not.
About the Author
Recently Adam Dumphy was informed at a Family Reunion in
Intrigued, his research brought out that Johanna did exist but no marriage license was ever located for her or other information on her among records of her son, Adam’s ancestor.
It was hardly reasonable that he could resist some idle dreams as to the actual circumstances when no new information could be gained. And from them came this novel, combining what is known of the Family he had previously thought his own, with outright fiction.