Yankee Stranger Author:Elswyth Thane Williamsburg, Virginia is the scene for this sequel to Dawn's Early Light. The time is the 1860's. Some characters are the descendents of those in Dawn's Early Light. When a stranger comes to Williamsburg in the tense autumn of 1860 and red-headed Eden Day falls heels over head in love with him, her great-grandmother taked the long view.. bes... more »ides, she likes him herself. The scene of the story moves from Williamsburg to Richmond to Washington and back again, during the dreadful years between Fort Sumter and Appomattox. In addition to the fictitious characters, Jeb Stuart And General Lee, Pickett, Magruder, and Stonewall Jackson are seen through the eyes of the men who followed them into battle.« less