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Polly of the pines : a patriot girl of the Carolinas /c by Adele E. Thompson ; illustrated by Henry Roth

by: Thompson, Adele E. (Adele Eugenia), b. 1849; Roth, Henry

Publication date: 1906

Topics: United States -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Fiction, North Carolina -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Fiction, Fayetteville (N.C.) -- History Revolution, 1775-1783 Fiction

Publisher: Boston : Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

Collection: ncfic; unclibraries; americana

Digitizing sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Contributor: University Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Language: English

Polly Dunning becomes active in the Insurrection of the Clan Donald, when her Scottish Highland neighbors of Cross Creek (now Fayetteville), join the British forces against the American colonists to be defeated at Moores Creek Bridge, near Wilmington. As a volunteer nurse, she follows the soldier-colonists.

[North Carolina Fiction 1734-1957, An Annotated Bibliography; William S. Powell, editor, call no. C016.813 N87j]