IVY: Yankee Sweetheart, Rebel Nurse

About the Book
Ivy is a dark-haired beauty gifted with strength and kindness. Raised in the hills of Virginia, she’s ushered farther south to the mountains of North Carolina to escape the ravages of war-leaving behind Seth, her fiancé who is willing to give his life’s blood for the Union cause. This sets up a series of life-impacting decisions when she meets Joseph, a strong-spirited farm boy, who joins the Southern cause, earning the name “Blue-Eyed Demon” for his courage in the Confederate Cavalry. Three lives are brought together in a war that is tearing the nation apart.

About the Author
The author was born in 1944 in a three-room shack in the Nantahala Mountains of North Carolina. In 1956, his family moved to Guilford County near Greensboro, where he attended Colfax Union School and graduated in 1962. Morgan attend High Point University from which he graduated in 1966. He earned his Master of Education, Education Specialist degree, and principal’s certificate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He was awarded a Doctorate from Hill University in Texas. His education career included assignments at Guilford County schools, Davidson County schools, Randolph County schools, and a principalship at Nantahala School.