Linda Miller graduated from Madison College and taught elementary and middle school for thirty-six years in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Leading field trips at the CrossRoads Heritage Center ...view moreLinda Miller graduated from Madison College and taught elementary and middle school for thirty-six years in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Leading field trips at the CrossRoads Heritage Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia, reminded Linda of her childhood in rural Pennsylvania and inspired her to write stories about children living in the 1890s in the CrossRoads community.view less