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Oldtown Fireside Stories (Paperback)
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Oldtown Fireside Stories (Paperback)
Series: Mint Editions
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List price R184
Loot Price R159
Discovery Miles 1 590
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Oldtown Fireside Stories (1872) is a collection of children's
stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Although her career peaked with
the publication of abolitionist novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852),
Stowe continued to work as a professional writer throughout her
life. These stories capture her imaginative range and moral outlook
while illuminating aspects of American life that would otherwise be
consigned to history. Two boys bored of provincial life ask
storyteller Sam Lawson to spin them some yarns. Settling down by
the fireside for the evening, the wise old man begins. In "The
Ghost in the Mill," Cap'n Eb Sawin gets stuck in a snowstorm on the
way to Boston. In need of shelter, he knocks on the door of the
nearby mill to find old Cack getting ready for bed. After moving
his team of horses into the barn for the night, Sawin joins Cack
inside and soon falls asleep. In the middle of the night, however,
a stranger arrives at the mill. As unsure of who it is as they are
of what could bring someone to the mill at that time of night, the
two men prepare to open the door. In "Captain Kidd's Money," Lawson
tells the boys a story of buried treasure involving a notorious
pirate who, despite being raised in a decent household, devoted
himself to a life of crime. Humorous and frightening, inspired by
history and legend alike, Lawson's stories provide not only a night
of entertainment to two young boys, but important morals for them
to remember throughout their lives. With a beautifully designed
cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of
Harriet Beecher Stowe's Oldtown Fireside Stories is a classic of
American children's literature reimagined for modern readers.
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