Chessie's King - Serenade/Saga, No 38 Author:Kathleen Karr As she went down into the inky depths Chessie's mind went wild. She could not swim... — From the moment brash bargeman Erasmous "Rass" King rescued her from the murky canal waters, Catherine "Chessie" Ophelia Cunningham had difficulty being betoken to this self-made man. Yet, motherless at four and the sole support of her ... more »handicapped father, Chessie calls on him in one mistake after another as she takes a barge down the C&O Canal in 1850.
Rass admires her gumption, but is put off by her education. Love must be learned the hard way as the two headstrong characters come to terms with faith, their future, and each other.« less