Patricia LalandPatricia LaLand, a native of Seattle, has served as the assistant director of James Madison's Montpelier in Orange for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For several years she wrote a history column for O.C. Magazine and for the Fredericksurg Free Lance-Star that led to this book. She has delighted in travel and has visited every continent except Antarctica. Life, she says, leads to unexpected tests and pleasures. Read More Read Less