Project Gutenberg 2015-03-30 Public domain in the USA. 64 Fanny, Aunt 1822 1894 Aunt Fanny Barrow, Frances Elizabeth Mease, Frances Elizabeth The Orphan's Home Mittens, and George's Account of the Battle of Roanoke Island Being the Sixth and Last Book of the Series The orphan's home -- The battle of Roanoke Island -- The last of the mittens -- Miss Secesh. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, David Edwards, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Orphan's Home Mittens; and George's Account of the Battle of Roanoke Island" by Aunt Fanny is a children's book written in the mid-19th century. This work combines storytelling with themes of compassion and patriotism, set against the backdrop of the Civil War period. It focuses on the experiences of orphans and the impact of the war on families, particularly through the lens of the children waiting for news of their loved ones. At the start of the book, Aunt Fanny visits a group of children, engaging them with poetry and tales about their efforts to knit mittens for soldiers. The children, living in an Orphan's Home, express their hopes and desires, showcasing the resilience and innocence of youth even amid turbulent times. The narrative quickly transitions into the story of the Orphan's Home, detailing its establishment as a refuge for destitute children and introducing characters like George, the older brother whose adventures in the Civil War bring a deeper understanding of valor and loss to the children's lives. The opening sets a vivid emotional tone that emphasizes both the warmth of childhood friendships and the harsh realities of war. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Children's stories Children -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Siblings -- Juvenile fiction Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction Orphans' Home and Asylum of the Protestant Episcopal Church in New York -- Juvenile fiction Roanoke Island (N.C.) -- History -- Capture, 1862 -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 169813 169853 2024-09-20T09:45:44.913855 2023-09-21T06:29:08.004891 text/html text/html 167633 2015-03-29T22:28:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1215551 2015-03-29T22:29:12 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1259323 2024-09-20T09:45:49.051848 application/epub+zip 1259397 2024-09-20T09:45:45.758879 application/epub+zip 134641 2024-09-20T09:45:45.289838 application/epub+zip 1323548 2024-09-20T09:45:51.478850 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1308372 2024-09-20T09:45:48.588919 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185039 2022-09-22T05:33:29.321637 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 143070 142859 2024-09-20T09:45:44.255871 2023-09-21T06:29:07.374924 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 143308 2015-03-29T22:28:46 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 55467 2015-03-29T22:29:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 20280 2024-09-20T09:45:51.624813 application/rdf+xml 18372 2024-09-20T09:45:45.396839 image/jpeg 2159 2024-09-20T09:45:45.351832 image/jpeg 1219430 2024-09-20T09:45:44.963846 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