Peddler's Girl
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- Synopsis
- The idea of Lucy's leaving her place in Detroit society to roam over the countryside in a brightly painted peddler's wagon shocked most of her relatives and friends. Mr. Hartley, her declared suitor, disapproved more violently than anyone else. But Lucy, desperately lonely since her mother's death, could not bear to be parted from Uncle Adam, who was used to traveling half of each year and could no longer stay within doors now that spring had come. Many people besides Uncle Adam were on the move in 1840: whole families were pushing westward. And many another man felt the need of space and freedom. Handsome young Jotham Muir, the itinerant artist, was one of them. From the first moment Lucy met him, as he rode up beside Uncle Adam's wagon, she found it hard to remember Mr. Hartley. When Jotham smiled at her prim manners, she tried to put him in his place. But by the time she met him again at a barn-raising, after she had traded her silk bonnet for a cotton sunbonnet, she knew beyond any doubt what she wanted. There were grave difficulties in the way. Lucy's discovery of Mr. Hartley's dishonesty removed only one of them. Uncle Adam's fear for her happiness if she were to marry Jotham, a born wanderer like himself, still stood between the young people. How they were able at last to plan a life together on the road is the climax of this fresh and lovely story of young love.
- Copyright:
- 1951
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 240 Pages
- Publisher:
- WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY INC.
- Date of Addition:
- 06/03/19
- Copyrighted By:
- Elizabeth Howard Mizner
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Romance, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Lynn Thompson
- Proofread By:
- Tammy Sue
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.