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Galveston: 1900: Indignities, Book One: The Arrival Kindle Edition

by N. E. Brown (Author), S. L. Jenkins (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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A 15 year- old English girl is orphaned shortlyafter arriving at the Galveston port in 1898. She is stalked by a drifter whowants her for himself. Romance, danger and fleeing a dangerous man wanted forseveral murders challenges her livelihood and future. All of this is happeningwhile the city of Galveston is unaware of the devastation from a monstrous hurricanein 1900 that is brewing in the gulf, killing thousands
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00HG4FWI8
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Mindstir Media (December 20, 2013)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 20, 2013
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 744 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 328 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.0 4.0 out of 5 stars 26 ratings

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N.E. Brown

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N. E. Brown is an award-winning author and has published over nine novels. Her lifelong interest in Texas history inspires her to create true-to-life fictional characters from the past. The Galveston, 1900, Indignities Series, is a six-book series that takes you on a journey through Texas history, as seen through the eyes of a young English woman

Carson Chance, P. I., Over the Edge, Book 1, Unraveled, Book Two, and The Rain Man Murders are Mrs. Brown’s latest Romantic Suspense novels and place you in the crossfires of solving crimes in the 1960’s and 1970’s in Dallas, Texas.

Mrs. Brown lives in East Texas with her husband and continues to write historical fiction. She believes that life is an adventure, and behind every experience is a story that waits to become her next novel.

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C.H. Hayes
5.0 out of 5 stars A Historical Thriller
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2014
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Galveston, Texas, in the late 1890s is the setting for this historical novel. The characters are vividly portrayed and the descriptions of life in that place and time reflect the serious research that the authors must have done. The principal characters, Anne and Catherine Eastman, are a beautiful widow and her blossoming daughter. Anne’s good looks turn out to be more a curse than a blessing when she is killed by a serial rapist and murderer.
With her mother gone, Catherine is put into an orphanage. Utterly alone now, she must find her way to adulthood and a good man’s love. But her mother’s murderer now finds himself obsessed by Catherine.
The great hurricane of 1900 serves almost as an additional character in the story. It is not seen or discussed until the final chapters, but its ineluctable approach is felt from the beginning by any reader who knows that Galveston was destroyed by the most lethal natural event ever to strike the nation.
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Ava
4.0 out of 5 stars Historical Romance at its best
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2014
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Reading books is hobby that is good for the mind. Alas, it is not really good for the body. I tend to lie supine on a bed, or curled up in a chair, glued to a book, eyes darting along the sentences, hands turning pages. Over the time, the eyes feel the strain and you are constrained to wearing glasses. The wee print that was a cakewalk when I was 15 or 20 now looks blurred. I replace books on library shelves with a sigh when I see that the print is too small for me to read.

A Kindle helps. I can enlarge the font and read comfortably. There is one more advantage to owning a Kindle that I just discovered. Buying a book is much simpler now. As an avid book lover, I have often chased books that I wanted to read and discover that they were simply not available to me.

Yes, that happens quite often. At one time, I wanted to buy a book called 'Jane Austen Book Club'. I searched high and low in the bookshops close to me, I scoured the libraries around, all without luck. I managed to lay my hands on it, by ordering it in a bookstore. But I had to pay a high price for it, as it was shipped specially for me.

I read about Galveston: 1900: Indignities on a book site which carried an excerpt from it. I found it an intriguing read. My interest was piqued even more as I had visited Galveston on my recent trip to USA. The book was not available easily in paperback for me here in India.

However, a recent gift of Kindle by my daughter suddenly made reading this book possible. The kindle edition was delivered instantly to my reader. A lot of people like to deride the modern way of life, citing that the earlier days were simpler and nicer. Yes, in some ways the early days were nice, the life was slower. But surely technology has made our life richer now. This is one example. In early days I would have sighed and never managed to read this book. But now, I did.

The story is about Catherine Eastman who was born in Sandgate, England. She was brought to USA by her mother, Anne Eastman, when Catherine was 15 years old. A series of tragedies had wiped the rest of their family off. Anne Eastman wanted to make a fresh start in a new place. Her mother was a skilled seamstress and hoped to make her living by it. After a rough sea-voyage, the mother and daughter arrived in Galveston and took their bearings. Anne sought work as an assistant seamstress in The Grande Opera House. Unfortunately, she also meets David Brooke there.

David Brooke is a serial killer and born criminal. He spots the beautiful Anne Eastman and is instantly smitten by her. But the aloof widow does not encourage him. It makes him obsess all the more about her. This obsession proves fatal to Anne. It also alters the course of life of Catherine.

The book is a romance, no doubt. But being set in 1898, it is a historical fiction. It is also placed close to the devastating storm of 1900 that hit Galveston. The historical facts provide a fillip to the story. The narration is so effective, that you actually feel you are witnessing those events of far away times. This engrossing tale keeps you turning pages. I was able to read the entire book in the space of a day!

The story of Catherine Eastman is told in a series of novels. Four have been printed already, and I am on to the next one in the series, Galveston :1900: Indignities - The Aftermath.

The research for the book is done by N.E. Brown and is so well written by her daughter S.L. Jenkins. Do pick up this excellent romance from Amazon.
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lupinfield
3.0 out of 5 stars Technically flawed, but a good story
Reviewed in the United States on December 6, 2017
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This turned out to be a better story than I expected, but the book is unfortunately riddled with mistakes in punctuation, word choice, extra letters that don't belong there, and other jarring technical problems. I hope the author found better editors for her subsequent books, and that she has continued to improve her writing, which, until towards the end of the book, was dull, unimaginative and repetitive. I hope Ms. Brown has improved her craft! I would have given this book only 2 stars if not for the dramatic ending and interesting overall story arc.
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Jim Reed
5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous telling of 1900 Galveston
Reviewed in the United States on September 1, 2016
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I love historical fiction & found this book a real page turner. I most certainly want & look forward to reading all three books. The characters were well developed & the story intriguing. I will have new respect when I visit Galveston in the future.
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lavonna demoss
2.0 out of 5 stars I hate continued novels
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2016
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First of all it ended too quickly. I hate continued novels. It was written in a very immature style. Weak plot
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Turtleluv36
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2016
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Couldn't put it down. It kept me know n suspense from beginning to end. I can't wait to read the next one!
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Ethel Lewis
4.0 out of 5 stars Historical Romance - Great Book
Reviewed in the United States on November 5, 2014
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I found this novel, written by the mother-daughter team, N.E. Brown and S.L. Jenkins, to be quite intriguing.
The history of Galveston, Texas has been an interest of mine for as long as I can remember as I was raised a mere
forty miles north of Galveston Island. And currently, I am a resident of the island, having retired and moved here in 2007.
In 2008 we had what history called the hundred year storm here in Galveston, H​urricane Ike. And like the residents of the
infamous 1900 storm many of us lost everything we had.
Sorry for going on and on so much about my own personal experiences. I just wanted to affirm the attraction I felt when I
discovered this wonderful novel.

Kudos to both authors for their incredible and extensive research. The locations mentioned in the novel are real and they
have managed to describe them in the greatest of detail.
The characters, Anne and her daughter Katherine are so likable and real. Enduring hardships no one should ever have to endure.
David, the villain, very disgusting and so very easy to be fearful of. A stalker and vicious murderer.
John Merrit, the banker who took Katherine and her mother Anne under his wing shortly after their arrival to the island. He is an
incredible and loving man, who eventually marries the young Katherine after her mothers tragic death.
I shall stop here as I don't want to give away too many spoilers.

I would have given this novel a Five Star review, except for the fact that I did feel the authors had a few problems with transitions,
at times it felt as if some of the scenes were a bit forced and sort of jerky. A little too much telling, and not enough showing.

But, all in all, I do highly recommend this wonderful story to all who enjoy historical romance novels.
Got to run now as I'm off to purchase the second book in this delightful series.
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