The Lives of Pearl

The amazingstory of Pearl Mattman as told by granddaughter Linda Diane Sickles. The family legend was that 3 year-old Pearl was left by her woodsman father in the care of friends, who then took off with her, changed her name to Leona and raised her as their own two states away. She was not to learn of her true identity until she was a grown woman. Was this all true? Did her first husband, a Canadian Metis Chippewa, vanish forever at the train station, leaving her with two babies? Why did her second husband wait for so many years to reveal an important truth? Too bad Grandma Pearl wasn't still alive to clear it all up!