| A Little Maid of Old Philadelphia (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Curtis, Alice Turner (Author), Cooke, Edna (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1406586986 ISBN-13: 9781406586985 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $12.74 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: This is the story of Ruth Pennel and her friend Winifred Merrill, two little maids who kept their ears open and made good use of their knowledge. The book is set in 1778, at a time when Philadelphia was in the hands of General Howe and the British army. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.33" H x 6" W x 9" (0.47 lbs) 140 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ""Where do you suppose Hero can be, Aunt Deborah? He isn't anywhere about the house, or in the shed or the garden, " and Ruth Pernell's voice sounded as if she could hardly keep back the tears as she stood in the doorway of the pleasant kitchen where Aunt Deborah was at work. "Do you suppose the British have taken him? " she asked a little fearfully; for it was the spring of 1778, when the British troops were in Philadelphia, and Ruth was quite sure that every English soldier who saw Hero must want him for his own. The dog was her dearest possession. On her tenth birthday, nearly a year before, her father had given her Hero for a birthday present; and now that her father was with Washington's army his gift seemed even more precious to his little daughter. " |