Project Gutenberg 2010-01-12 Public domain in the USA. 70 Madison, Lucy Foster 1865 1932 Peck, H. J. (Henry Jarvis) 1880 1964 Peck, Henry J. (Henry Jarvis) Peggy Owen and Liberty Reading ease score: 84.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Juliet Sutherland, D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Peggy Owen and Liberty" by Lucy Foster Madison is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. The book recounts the story of Peggy Owen, a young Quaker girl in Philadelphia during the tumultuous times of the American Revolutionary War. As the narrative unfolds, Peggy navigates her conflicting loyalties between her pacifist upbringing and the call to patriotism, particularly as she attempts to protect her cousin Clifford, who becomes embroiled in a dangerous escape from the British. At the start of "Peggy Owen and Liberty," readers are introduced to a snow-covered Philadelphia on March 1, 1782. The story begins in the Owen household, bustling with preparations for a dinner amidst a severe storm. Peggy and her mother are excited about the arrival of their friends, particularly her cousin Robert, home on leave from the army. The atmosphere quickly shifts as Peggy’s cousin Clifford secretly arrives seeking refuge after escaping from a British prison. As the evening progresses, the household becomes anxious when British officers, led by Sheriff Will, come to search for the escapee, setting the stage for a tense confrontation that tests friendships and loyalties. The opening establishes not only the immediate danger Clifford faces but also the warmth and camaraderie of Peggy's social circle, highlighting themes of loyalty and sacrifice during a time of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30940/30940-h/images/icover.jpg en Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: History - American Browsing: Fiction 551900 551851 2024-10-13T08:15:05.353525 2023-09-13T12:24:16.274751 text/html text/html 585231 2021-01-06T00:41:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 508389 2021-01-06T00:41:05 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 618575 2024-10-13T08:15:14.042512 application/epub+zip 625574 2024-10-13T08:15:06.820522 application/epub+zip 282115 2024-10-13T08:15:06.078812 application/epub+zip 805289 2024-10-13T08:15:19.684537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 742177 2024-10-13T08:15:13.107505 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 399430 2022-09-14T09:14:52.435403 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479007 478904 2024-10-13T08:15:03.698514 2023-09-13T12:24:14.782754 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 478807 2021-01-06T00:41:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 181345 2021-01-06T00:41:05 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 478798 2021-01-06T00:41:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 181306 2021-01-06T00:41:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22277 2024-10-13T08:15:19.854465 application/rdf+xml 26164 2024-10-13T08:15:06.181503 image/jpeg 3926 2024-10-13T08:15:06.130513 image/jpeg 506642 2024-10-13T08:15:05.419671 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia