A Washington Territory family experiences love, loss, successes, challenges, and turbulent family dynamics in Tales from Schneider’s Creek, the sequel to Deborah Jane Ross’s novel Konrad and Albertina. Written as a set of nine tales, the book follows the lives, livelihood, and adventures of Schneider family at the end of the nineteenth century. Advance praise: Deborah Ross has pieced together an amazing collection of customs, property records, vital statistics, and news items to create very credible lives full of personal thoughts and interactions. – Mark Foutch, former Mayor of Olympia and current President of the Olympia Historical Society and Bigelow House Museum. Praise for Konrad and Albertina: Ms. Ross has deftly integrated her historical research on the Schneider Family into a readable narrative written from different perspectives with a deeply human touch. – Shanna Stevenson, historian and author.