The Harvey Girl

Thirty minutes to feed a train. Three days to feed a town.

In 1903, nineteen-year-old Josie Calloway leaves Zanesville, Ohio, with one carpetbag and forty-one cents to become a Harvey Girl, one of the young women who served meals to railroad passengers across the American West. She learns the uniform, the rules and the secret language of the coffee cups under the sharp eye of Mrs. Dunleavy. Then a flood washes out the bridge outside Cottonwood Crossing, Kansas, and a train of 281 hungry passengers is stranded at the House. A warm, fast-moving historical novella inspired by the real women who kept the railroad fed.

• Historical fiction novella, about 27 pages (6×9 PDF)
• Includes an author's note on the real history and questions for reading groups
• Instant digital download