Civil War Letters: A State Divided

Tonya Graham McQuade is the author of A State Divided: The Civil War Letters of James Calaway Hale and Benjamin Petree of Andrew County, Missouri and Frank and Nora's Historic Honeymoon Adventure: A Travelogue through the West with a "Time Travel" Twist, and is a contributing writer to the Emerging Civil War website and her own "Chasing History" blog. She has a love for both history and historical fiction, as well as a passion for travel and writing, both of which she is now pursuing more fully since retiring – after 36 years – from teaching English at Los Gatos High School. A longtime resident of San Jose, California, Tonya is an active member of Emerging Civil War, South Bay Civil War Round Table, South Bay Writers/California Writers Club, National League of American Pen Women, and Poetry Center San Jose, and was an honorary member of Los Gatos Rotary for more than 30 years as a result of advising the LGHS Interact Club. She earned B.A. degrees in English and Communication Studies, as well as a Single Subject Teaching Credential in English, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and later earned her M.A. in Educational Leadership from San Jose State University. You can learn more about Tonya on her website at tonyagrahammcquade.com.