Cover image for The Peterkin papers / Lucretia P. Hale.
Title:
The Peterkin papers / Lucretia P. Hale.
ISBN:
9781590172124
Publication Information:
New York : New York Review of Books, [2006]
Physical Description:
302 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
General Note:
Originally published: Boston, Mass. : J.R. Osgood, 1880.
Contents:
The lady who put salt in her coffee -- About Elizabeth Eliza's piano -- Solomon John goes for apples and cider -- The Peterkins try to become wise -- The Peterkins at the menagerie -- Mrs. Peterkin wished to go to drive -- The Peterkins at home -- Why the Peterkins had a late dinner -- The Peterkins' summer journey -- The Peterkins' journey again postponed -- The Peterkins snowed-up -- The Peterkins decide to keep a cow -- The Peterkins at the centennial -- Mrs. Peterkin's tea-party -- The Peterkins too late for the exhibition -- The Peterkins celebrate the fourth of July -- The Peterkins' charades -- The Peterkins are obliged to move -- The Peterkins decide to learn the languages -- Modern improvements at the Peterkins' -- Agamemnon's career -- The educational breakfast -- The Peterkins at the "Carnival of authors" in Boston -- The Peterkins at the farm.
Summary:
The humorous adventures of a foolish family whose problems are righted by the Lady from Philadelphia.
Subject Term:
Audience:
950L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocm69680051
Availability:
South St. Paul - Kaposia~1
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