Shadow Dawn

About the Book

In Life we are constantly faced with turmoil and uncertainties but with the book, Shadow Dawn, the reader is given a new direction, a purpose, a comfort and hope for a better tomorrow. With each new Dawn we are faced with Shadows during our life span. This inspirational book gives the reader a heart warming true experience of two people who faced adversity beyond comprehension and yet never wavered from their abiding spiritual relationship.

This book does not necessarily elaborate on the many accomplishments of the Webb's but provides insights of overcoming life's many adversities. The book provides the reader with a positive approach to combating Shadows and Dawns throughout life. This universal book has one goal in mind: to provide comfort to mankind.

The reader will undoubtedly gain strength, courage, and wisdom by reading this inspiring book and retaining its everyday principles. The reader must apply these positive principles to his or her life in order to have a more productive life in today's world. Yes, adversity can be overcome if more emphasis is placed on those before us and if we learn from our ancestors and apply those principles. After all, life is about learning from those before us and helping to make a better life for our children. After all, Life is for once, but gone forever.

About the Author

Frank Alexander Wray, the great nephew of Mary Adelaide Robertson Webb, inherited all her literary writings. He was born in 1952 on the historical Eastern Shore of Virginia and was educated at Broadwater Academy, Exmore, Virginia, the Eastern Shore Community College, Melfa, Virginia, and Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia. His paramount interest throughout his life has always been the craft of writing.

Today he resides in the Victorian town of Parksley, Virginia on the Eastern Shore with his wife, Shirley, and continues pursuing his love of writing.

Mary Adelaide Robertson Webb (1871-1944) the daughter of Sara and George Robertson, and the oldest of thirteen children was born in Petersburg, Virginia. She was educated at Petersburg College, Petersburg, Virginia and excelled in Latin and English Composition. She was married to Doctor Robert T. Webb, a prominent Methodist Minister and an Educator and was a member of the Western Virginia Conference.

Mrs. Webb was a poet at heart and she was also a talented author. It was always her deepest desire to share her literary talents with others and to express her innermost thought on paper. Fortunately, through the course of time her literary works were preserved for the benefit of mankind.