Chris Flanders is a retired Nurse Practitioner who has always loved history, especially that of Western New York State, where she lives with her partner. She wrote a history book of the Bemus Point-Stow Ferry, the profits helping to fund its major hull repair in 2020, and has been a pilot for the last decade. She enjoys historical fiction and will continue writing in this genre. Gardening, volunteering with environmental organizations, birding, spending time with her two sons and their growing families, and attending Chautauqua Institution and its robust literary programming every summer keep her busy and fulfilled.
In 1860, just a year after Drake’s historic first oil well, photographer John Mather arrived in Titusville, Pennsylvania, determined to capture the burgeoning oilfields, one glass negative at a time. From his makeshift darkrooms – one on a creek barge, another strapped to his wagon – he risked...
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