Fairer Than Morning by Rosslyn Elliott

Picture visiting Pittsburgh in the early and mid-nineteenth century, think about the Underground Railroad and those who were involved, live the life of a young man who was forced by circumstances to become an apprentice and you have the setting for Fairer Than Morning, a historical fiction.

Now meet the main characters: Ann Miller, her father Samuel Miller, Will Hanby, and Jacob Good. Samuel Miller is a preacher/saddler who has been helping escaping slaves reach freedom. Jacob Good is also a saddler and the cruel taskmaster over two apprentices. Ann and Will are two young adults who find their daily lives dramatically affected by the circumstances they find themselves in.

Rosslyn Elliott has taken real people who lived in this time and woven a story around their lives to give us Fairer Than Morning. She researched the lives of Ann and Will who actually married. Many of the facts regarding their pre-marriage lives are based on real events, though the circumstances have been altered in the interest of producing a very good book.

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