Swords into Plows: A Civil War Story
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Swords into Plows is the story of an Ohio boy who wanted to be a blacksmith. In the nineteenth century when this story takes place, it was the custom to work for someone in the trade you wanted to learn. However, because Johns father enlisted in the Union Army, John was left to take care of the farm. He farmed and found some time to work at the blacksmith shop too. In the three years that Johns dad was fighting in the South, John did a lot of thinking about war and peace, facing at home the daily reality of change. Having few options, he chose to find his inner strength and grow in reliance on God.
I wrote Swords into Plows in memory of my own grandfather, John Fremont Dellinger, whose life somewhat parallels the story. Deciding to write the story, I found William Dellingers war record. As I merge historical facts with family lore about my grandfather, and watch families become separated by war today, it is my hope that children like John are also wondering how peace happens.
Lillian Gardner
Lillian D. Gardner
Lillian Gardner grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana, about fifty miles from where this story takes place. She lived her adult life as a fifth grade public school teacher in middle Tennessee, where the father in the story is stationed for much of the Civil War. Lillian and the late Jacob Gardner have five children and eight grandchildren.
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