THE SEEDS OF GRACETON

About the Book

In the mid-1860s, Kirk Petersen’s family settles on a homestead in North Dakota. After tragedies, he moves to Fargo, where he meets Alice, a beautiful woman running from her past. Wise beyond his years, Wilmer Petersen has reason to distrust her. Morris Nesslebaum is in Fargo looking for work and land. He befriends Alice and Wilmer and falls in love with Myrtle, whose father disowns her. Hazel, a homely teacher with little chance at love finds it in Fargo but is forced to choose between love and a predicament not her doing. The Porters are welcomed into the homesteading community despite their background as former slaves. In Fargo and on the homesteads, these lives have been difficult because of outside influences and personal and natural disasters, so they want to form their own town. They are the “Seeds of Graceton”.

About the Author

Vee Daniels has a passion for writing. She has created short stories for decades and enjoys writing part-time for a popular area newspaper. The Seeds of Graceton, the first book of a trilogy, is the result of her family’s quest to each adopt a lesser-known state. She chose North Dakota and seriously delved into that state’s history. After receiving a centennial booklet, she wondered why and how that town started. So began the fictional Graceton. Vee remained in Northern Virginia after leaving the Army and has lived in Nokesville since 1983.