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Dr. Cora Tula Watters
The author, Dr. Watters is the great-great granddaughter of Uriah Barber. This relationship to the protagonist has given her a lifetime of information via family stories about Uriah and his adventu...view moreThe author, Dr. Watters is the great-great granddaughter of Uriah Barber. This relationship to the protagonist has given her a lifetime of information via family stories about Uriah and his adventures. Her aunt Juanita Ruth Barber Brown, great granddaughter of Uriah, has been a constant asset to the author as she took the facts and spun them into an exciting narrative of one of the first settlers of Scioto County, Ohio.
A professional genealogist Watters has included a wealth of information for those interested in the not only the families in Scioto County, Ohio but also those where the tale began in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania.
Her work as an editor-contributor to several encyclopedias and other reference works, has made her a stickler for historic accuracy, including the clothing, music, and events during the years contained in everything she writes. This is especially true in regard to her crafting the story of Uriah Barber. However, don’t let this faithfulness to details make you assume her writings to be dry. Quite the contrary. Dr. Watters has been compared to both Michener and Twain, and draws the reader into the story by her descriptive passages.
You may well find it difficult to lay this book aside once you start reading so it is suggested you make time in your busy schedule to take an exciting journey back in time from the introduction of the Indigenous Peoples to Turtle Island, through the middle of the 18th Century when this nation was in the throes of youth, and ending mid-20th Century.view less
Books by Dr. Cora Tula Watters
Major Uriah Barber: Pioneer, Settler, Politician (1761 - 1846)