Ed Gaulden

To Boldly Love: a Love Story Based on an 1881 Diary Ed Gaulden

-Step back into a time when there were no cell phones, television, electricity, or the keys to the family car. - A true story of a young woman who left her parents and with gutsy determination, wit, and hard work made a life for herself on the Iowa prairie in the 1880s. -Mary Ann Moody penned the first entry in her diary. She does not mention how she obtained the diary. Mary arrived at Wall Lake, Iowa on May 4, 1881. Then, on May 7, 1881, one hundred and thirty two years ago, she wrote, ?I have decided to keep a diary.? - To Boldly Love is both a true story and a fictional story. Many of the character?s names in this book were real and taken out of actual source histories of the various towns where this delightful romantic journey unfolds. - Mary's diary was transcribed from her original handwritten diary onto thirty typed pages. This unique tale is both authentic and fictional, and is over 390 pages of her inspiring life. - After being courted by many men, at twenty-two years old will she find her perfect handsome man to boldly love...