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A Little Girl in Old Salem

by Amanda M. Douglas

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Two letters interrupt a quiet breakfast in the Leverett house on Derby Street. One announces visiting relatives; the other brings a much larger change. Anthony Leverett, a merchant living abroad and facing the end of his life, asks his cousin Chilian to care for his little daughter. Chilian is a Harvard teacher who prefers books to business, and his household is managed by Elizabeth and Eunice, older relatives with differing temperaments. The request places a child's future within this carefully ordered domestic world.

Amanda M. Douglas links family life to Salem's overseas trade. Rooms contain objects brought home by seafaring relatives, while a later outing among goods from India stirs the girl's memories of life abroad. Her attempts to understand a globe and the movement of the sun give the historical setting a child's scale.

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Amanda M. Douglas

Amanda M. Douglas (1831-1916) was an American novelist, short story writer and children's writer. She wrote fiction for both older and younger readers, including series for young people published in the decades around the turn of the twentieth century. Her titles include "A Little Girl in Old New York" and "Helen Grant's Schooldays".

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Pages
170
Language
English
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