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 About the Author Alice Anne Thompson earned her Bachelor of Science degree in History from Saint Louis University and her Masters Degree in American History from Washington University, both in Saint Louis, Missouri. She received her Doctorate in American History from Saint Louis University in 1980. Since 1983 she has taught American and European History at area universities and colleges including: Saint Louis University, Fontbonne University, Saint Louis Community College, and Saint Charles Community College. She is considered a pioneer in developing multi-cultural and multimedia formats and lesson plans for educators and teachers. She is the author of the non-fiction work American Caravan, a history of one of the last great wagon trains to cross the American West during the post Civil War era. She is also the director of a research team focused on locating the burial site of the central character of American Caravan, Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson, S.L., a nineteen year old missionary teacher who died July 24, 1867, while enroute to Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has traveled the Santa Fe trail and the western part of the United States extensively and has presented lectures on her research related to the Santa Fe Trail and the American West in the post Civil War era. She has been a long time community volunteer and events planner for many Saint Louis charities. She is an advocate of multicultural studies and wildlife and environmental causes. Alice Anne Thompson now resides in Golden, Colorado |
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Alice - American Caravan $24.95 plus shipping & handling ISBN 1-929311-87-7
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Read the
bittersweet story of the life and untimely death and burial of
nineteen-year old Sister Mary Alphonsa Thompson who died en
route to Santa Fe, New Mexico, July 24, 1867. Some report that
the idealistic young Sister of Loretto died of fright due to the
stress from two raids on the wagon train by Native American
Indian warrior bands. Other historians conclude she died of
cholera that had taken the lives of twelve members of the wagon
train. The official cause of death and her burial site remain a
mystery and are currently being investigated by several
historians. The nun's story also includes an investigation into
the provenance of two photographs purportedly showing her death
and burial which took place along the Santa Fe Trail more than
fifty miles west of present-day Dodge
Contact Alice - 720-273-4043 |
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