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Donaldson, Joan
2 Reviews
(3)
YA
When development-minded Englishmen come to her Tennessee mountain community in 1879, Viney is put out. Her sister thrills to a husband rescuing her from butchering chickens and weaving cloth, but Viney's not so sure. Her resistance and newcomer Charlie's determination to make a new life give readers an authentic and sometimes humorous picture of the Thomas Hughes settlement in the Cumberland Mountains. Glos.
Reviewer: Nancy Hull
(4)
4-6
In this historical novel set in 1853, fourteen-year-old Matty flees her farm home in Michigan (and marriage to a widower) to attend an Ohio business school run by Platt Rogers Spencer, considered the father of American penmanship. Despite the book's unsatisfying ending, Matty is a feisty character, and her story sheds light on an unusual topic and a bygone time when good penmanship was a valued skill. Bib.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
2 reviews
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