Children's historical fiction, ages 9-12.
If you should visit the Edwin Smith Historical Museum at the
Athenaeum in Westfield, Massachusetts, you might meet Deborah, a
very special doll.
Her story, which she'll share with the other antique dolls every
night at midnight, that magical hour when the dolls wake up, began
three hundred years ago. Deborah, together with generations of
girls who loved her, saw--and sometimes took part in--many scenes
from American history in her small New England town.
Deborah can remember the terrible Indian massacre at Deerfield
in 1704, and the old Puritan settlement of Westfield where little
Mindwell played with her. She remembers Mercy Ann, who was so
frightened of the Hessians during the Revolutionary War. She can
even tell an exciting story about how Deborah herself, and her
little mother Martha, saved some runaway slaves in the Underground
Railroad.
"Deborah Remembers" was based on many real local events and
personalities from New England history. Deborah's long, rich, often
poignant story, which first delighted young readers in the 1950s
and 60s, was created by Westfield historian Lillie V. Albrecht. The
tale now returns, with annotations by Mrs. Albrecht's
granddaughter, author Susanne Alleyn, to enthrall a whole new
generation of readers. Deborah will captivate you and touch your
heart.
"A doll's eye view of American history might be the subtitle of
this delightful book. . . . Any little girl who ever loved a doll
will love Deborah's remembrances." --The Chicago Tribune (1959) "A
painless way of surveying American history, this story, with its
sentimental portrayal of a rag doll who longs to be hold in the
arms of a little mother, will have an immediate appeal to any but
the most callous little girl. Well written, with a rich background
of New England America in all its graceful simplicity." --Kirkus
Reviews (1959)
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