Leander’s Lies

Praise for Nancy Werking Poling

“[E]vocative historical fiction that plunges readers back into the decades after the Civil War and a lovable scoundrel’s efforts to climb out of poverty and recreate himself.”
– Marylee MacDonald, author of Surrender

“Quite a story! Leander’s religion-fueled ambition takes the reader on an odyssey in postbellum America, from North Carolina to North Dakota. A cautionary tale for genealogists seeking to learn more about their revered forebears.”
– Vicki Lane, author of And the Crows Took Their Eyes

“A compelling read that I predict will garner the attention it deserves. It presents a character study of a complex Southern man determined to follow his calling and willing to compromise personal integrity to do so.”
– Julia Nunnally Duncan, author of The Flood of Remembrance and All We Have Loved

“Meticulously researched and richly detailed. Poling demonstrates how elusive ancestors, fractured records, racism, and deliberate deceptions confound family historians while honoring the complex and complicated human stories beyond what we find in records.” 
– Rev. Kate Penney Howard, Pastor, Genetic Genealogist, and International Speaker specializing in Brick Wall Research