Samuel's Journey

About the Book

Samuel, a young boy, is born around 1790. He becomes aware that his family is keeping a secret. His older brother Joshua knows what it is but won't tell him. Samuel believes that he can be trusted also. Joshua returns to the Quaker school, leaving more responsibility on Samuel. He begins to take on chores Joshua once did. One dark night, Samuel awakens to Pal's barking. He peeks through a crack in the loft door; Pa brings strangers into their kitchen in tattered, dirty clothes. Would Pa explain all this to him in the morning?

About the Author

Emma Marie Trusty was born in Cumberland County, New Jersey. She graduated from Bridgeton High School and received her RN diploma from Newark City Hospital. Other studies included two years of Bible school at Manna Bible Institute. She received a bachelor’s degree in education from Temple University in 1964 and a master’s degree in pastoral counseling from LaSalle University in 1995. She and her husband, Rev. Andrew David Trusty, were missionaries in Liberia, West Africa, for seven years, where she practiced nursing and he was the mission superintendent. This mother of four also has eleven grandchildren. As a retiree, she enjoys writing and gardening. In 1999, she published The Underground Railroad: Ties that Bound Unveiled.