The train was late the day I ran away. Those waiting stood quietly — the women tightening their shawls, the men taking turns looking up the tracks. When it finally came in, the southbound number 7 snorted and hissed, its damp breath spilling over the travelers as they said last good-byes and draagged their belongings up the metal stairs.
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell ~ by William Klaber, 2016, historical novel (New York state), 288 pages
At a time when women did not commonly travel unescorted, carry a rifle, or sit down in bars, Lucy Lobdell boldly set forth to earn men's wages. She did all of these things in a personal quest to work and be paid and wear what she wanted. But to gain those freedoms she had to endure public scorn. In this riveting historical novel set in upstate New York in the 19th century, William Klaber captures the life of a real woman who saw well beyond her era.
The Rebellion of Miss Lucy Ann Lobdell is the fictionalized account of Lucy's foray into the world of men, and it's her promised "memoir" as heard and recorded a century later by William Klaber, an upstream neighbor. Meticulously researched and told with compassion and respect, this is historical fiction at its best.
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