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Mary Stetson Clarke

Autor(a) de The Iron Peacock

11 Works 343 Membros 2 Críticas

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Obras por Mary Stetson Clarke

The Iron Peacock (1966) 251 exemplares
Pioneer Iron Works (1968) 19 exemplares
Piper to the Clan (1970) 13 exemplares
The Limner's Daughter (1967) 12 exemplares
The Glass Phoenix (1969) 11 exemplares
Petticoat Rebel (1964) 10 exemplares
The old Middlesex Canal (1974) 10 exemplares
A visit to the ironworks (1975) 4 exemplares

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Recommended because I enjoyed The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Not quite as good as said book, but nicely done.
 
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OutOfTheBestBooks | 1 outra crítica | Sep 24, 2021 |
This one the tale of a young woman, Joanna, who is fleeing from Oliver Cromwell's England with her father. Her father dies on the journey over to New England and upon arrival in Bostaon, she finds herself sold as an indentured servant to cover the cost of their fare. Her service is bought by a Mr. John Gifford, owner of the iron works in the village of Hammersmith. The rest of the book tells the tale of Joanna's adjustment to life as a bondservant in a new settlement in North America. The story itself is somewhat mediocre and quite predictable in places. The characterization is a bit better, but what really makes the book worth checking out is the setting. Ms. Clarke does a good job of making the surroundings come alive, from the forests of Massachusetts to the life of a outsider amongst a community of Puritans. Colonial America in the mid 17th Century is not an era which with I'm familiar. Most history books tend to jump from the landing of the Mayflower to the Revolutionary War. This was an interesting peek into a time in between, as the immigrants slowly began to put down roots and a new society began to form.
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Hamburgerclan | 1 outra crítica | Jan 6, 2007 |

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Obras
11
Membros
343
Popularidade
#69,543
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
2
ISBN
20

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