Wiley, J. Royce
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Pigeon Rooost is an historical novel about my ancestors who came from England and Scotland in the early 1800s to settle in what i
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s now southern Indiana. Family records indicate that my great, great, great grandmother gave birth to a baby minutes after an Indian raid on their colony at Pigeon Roost. I was so captivated by the story of that baby's birth that, having no further information, I was compelled to invent my own ancestral saga.
When I invented Rebecca, I intended her to be entirely fictional and I've been surprised to learn that readers who know me think she is "just like me." I chose which scrapes Rebecca would get into and out of in her adventures from a Scottish croft to a pioneer village with care. My primary goal was to make her experiences typical of the time but just a little special.
Review
Pigeon Roost is a labor of love for Joan Royce Wiley's descendants, in honor of her ancestors. --
Amy Wiemers, Normal, Ill.
This romantic adventure story about a Scottish heroine named Rebecca ... will keep you turning page after page... --
Amy H. Weber, State College, PA
Young Rebecca and husband reach Pigeon Roost, only to experience an Indian raid and the simultaneous arrival of their first child. --
Vee Davison, San Antonio, Texas
From the Inside Flap
Dedication To the Memory of Margaret Amy Wiley Fry April 14, 1914 -- April 28, 1999
Aunt Peg who told me the family legend and thereby inspired me to fill in the blanks in our story.
About the Author
I chose J. Royce Wiley, my birth name, as my pen name for my first historical novel to honor the side of my family descended from Pigeon Roost. I have taught biology in several colleges, authored or co-authored several textbooks, and served as editor of the American Biology Teacher. Since I retired, I have written Pigeon Roost and am now writing personal essays, which will appear as Pennsylvania Daybook, Growing Up Rural, and Win Some, Lose Some.
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