The Independence Day Horror at Killsbury
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Flags cover the Cornwallis cottage as Killsbury prepares for the Fourth of July, which is also young Laurens Angelo Cornwallis's birthday. His parents arrange a family celebration, while cannon fire from millionaire Schwarmer's hilltop mansion rattles the house. Laurens fears the noise, and his mother warns him about the danger of fireworks after another boy's injury.
Asenath Carver Coolidge turns these holiday preparations into a novel about public responsibility and children's safety. The preface argues for parks, flowers and gentle music in place of dangerous celebrations. At Schwarmer Hill, guests praise an elaborate display, while Adelaide Schwarmer finds more pleasure in a rose than in the fiery spectacle. Published in 1905, the book gives readers a forceful example of fiction written to challenge a familiar custom, joining family feeling with criticism of militarism and commercial greed.
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- Author
- Asenath Carver Coolidge
- Reading time
- About 4 hours
- Pages
- 131
- Language
- English
- Genre
- American Classics
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