Naperville, Illinois resident Kate Gingold is an author, speaker, local historian, and Internet columnist. She is a member of the Naperville Heritage Society. Inspired by her town's 175th anniversary, she researched its origins and began her book writing career.
An intense researcher, she's found long-forgotten pieces of history thanks to her skills at digging in Internet archives.
Kate and her husband Don live within walking distance of downtown and are active in their community.
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Kate is a sought-after speaker on the topic of settling Illinois in the mid 1800's. Contact her for school visits or community presentations at her website.
The inspirational, true story of thirteen courageous families who voyaged from the East upon the Great Lakes in a small schooner to settle in the wilds of a frontier state: Illinois.
Meet Ruth Murray, niece to Joseph Naper, the founder of Naperville, and witness their difficult journey through her youthful eyes.
Meticulously researched, this book teaches our children the very real day to day challenges of their pioneering predecessors while it entertains young and old alike in the style of the Little House series.
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Do spirits haunt these historic structures? Wouldn’t it be fun to imagine they do?
Those are the questions that Kate puts to young writers during her school visits as she ignites our children’s interest in History. They’ll learn so much, it’s scary!
In Haunted by History, she immerses herself in the lives of the first inhabitants of the oldest buildings in town, and then, from the loose threads of dry facts, she weaves tales of the supernatural in which real, historical figures are the ghostly characters.
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