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Record Nr.

UNINA9910164893203321

Autore

Kanefield Teri <1960->

Titolo

The extraordinary Suzy Wright : a colonial woman on the frontier / / Teri Kanefield

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : Abrams Books for Young Readers, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-61312-917-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (89 pages) : illustrations, photographs

Disciplina

974.8/02092

Soggetti

Quakers - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography

Women - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography

Poets - Pennsylvania - Columbia - Biography

Clerks of court - Pennsylvania - Biography

Frontier and pioneer life - Pennsylvania - Columbia

Pennsylvania History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 Juvenile literature

Columbia (Pa.) Biography Juvenile literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Suzy comes to America -- At home in the land of brotherly love -- Shaking off the yoke -- A new home on the frontier -- A little romance -- Political adviser, lawyer, activist, and advocate for the Indians -- Businesswoman and scientific author -- The American Revolution -- Celebrated poet -- Last years and legacy -- Afterword: from Wright's Ferry to Columbia.