Finley, Martha 1828-1909

Elsie Dinsmore by Martha Finley ( Book )
86 editions published between 1806 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 1,005 libraries worldwide
Living with her uncle's family on a southern plantation in the mid-nineteenth century, motherless eight-year-old Elsie finds it difficult to establish a relationship with her worldly father who seems indifferent to her religious principles.

Elsie's endless wait ( Book )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2003 in English and held by 531 libraries worldwide
In the 1840's, eight-year-old heiress Elsie Dinsmore has only her Christian faith and the hope of love from the father she has never met to sustain her while living on a southern plantation with relatives who care little for her and disapprove of her strong religious principles.

Elsie's impossible choice ( Book )
4 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in English and held by 470 libraries worldwide
Having refused to violate her religious principles, even at her father's command, nine-year-old Elsie and her father both suffer terribly during his recuperation from a serious illness, especially since his stepmother encourages the rift between them.

Elsie's new life ( Book )
3 editions published between 1999 and 2006 in English and held by 445 libraries worldwide
During her tenth summer, Elsie is reunited with old friends, travels throughout New England, and introduces her father to the woman who will become her new mother.

Elsie's stolen heart ( Book )
1 edition published in 1999 in English and held by 425 libraries worldwide
While visiting an elderly, eccentric great-aunt in Ohio, eighteen-year-old Elsie is courted by a young man who has been sent by her uncle Arthur to win not only her hand, but her fortune as well.

Elsie's holidays at Roselands by Martha Finley ( Book )
22 editions published between 1876 and 2009 in English and held by 372 libraries worldwide
Eight-year-old Elsie believes that obeying a request her father has made would violate her conscience, and she must refuse him. He, in turn, believes Elsie is being willful and disobedient, failing to see her refusal as a matter of her deep, abiding faith in God.

Elsie's troubled times ( Book )
2 editions published in 2000 in English and held by 347 libraries worldwide
As Elsie and Edward experience the joys of parenthood, the Civil War begins and ends, with terrible losses to their families.

Elsie's great hope ( Book )
2 editions published between 2001 and 2006 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide
Elsie and her family endure tragedies as well as experience the joys of life in the 1870s.

Elsie's true love ( Book )
2 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 339 libraries worldwide
Elsie, now twenty-one years old, wishes to marry an old friend but her father decrees she must first learn to manage her inheritance, including her mother's Louisiana sugar plantation and its slaves.

Elsie's tender mercies ( Book )
2 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 334 libraries worldwide
Elsie Dinsmore Travilla, who has always tried to live a truly Christian life, and her family return to Ion Plantation after the Civil War to discover that old hatreds run deep and that they must rely on their faith to withstand the violence of the Ku Klux Klan.