Bøger af Alice Turner Curtis

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Follow the experiences of Kathleen, a spirited 11 year old, in the days surrounding the eventful Civil War battle at Gettysburg.

In May 1777, little Joanne Clarke and her friend Nancy Wagner are taken captive by a Native American, an ally of the British army. They are left in the woods where they find the Indian's pouch containing a letter with valuable information to the American Army at Albany.

This book tells the story of Penelope Balfour and her brother Ted, who live on a little farm in Rhode Island during the Revolutionary War. "Penny's" bravery and presence of mind greatly help the American camp.

Rose Elinor Moore is 11 when her little cousin Mary Lou Abbott comes to visit at her beautiful home near Yorktown in the spring of 1781 during the Revolutionary War. They share many exciting adventures, including driving together to Yorktown to witness Cornwallis's surrender.

The story of Anne Nelson's journey with the Indians, her imprisonment and her escape, and how Anne helped to capture an English privateer.

The story of Faith Carew and her adventures in aiding Colonel Ethan Allen in his efforts to take Fort Ticonderoga.

Originally published in 1921, this historical novel is set in 1783 at a time when British soldiers were still in control of New York City. It is a story of the adventures of a courageous loyal American girl, Annette Vincent, and her best friend, a Tory.

Set in Maryland during 1774, the time of the Colonies' resistance to taxation. It is the story of Barbara Anne, by whose bravery and ability to keep a secret a British officer's plans were defeated, and Barbara Anne helped carry important information to the general of the American forces.

Alice Turner Curtis (1860-1958) was an American writer of juvenile historical fiction. She was probably best remembered by young readers of her day for The Little Maid's Historical Series (which comprises twenty-four books, starting with A Little Maid of Province Town). She has written at least sixty published books. She went to public schools in Maine and Massachusetts, but was also tutored privately. She was a Republican in 1936, and a supporter of women's suffrage. She was also a member of D A R. (Tea Party Chapter, Boston), and the New England Women's Club, Boston. Curtis was a salaried contributor to Youth's Companion. Although her earliest-known book (Marjorie's Way) was published in 1904, she had been in the literary profession by 1895 according to her marriage record.