A colonial Quaker girl : the diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778

Format:

Book

Title:

A colonial Quaker girl : the diary of Sally Wister, 1777-1778

Author:

Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804.

ISBN:

9780736803472

9780736803496

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

Series title(s):

Diaries, letters, and memoirs.

Contents:

A colonial Quaker girl -- The diary of Sally Wister -- The Quaker religion -- Defeating the Hessians -- Philadelphia -- Tea time -- The battle of Germantown -- Quaker fashions -- Cruel winter at Valley Forge -- Philadelphia pepper pot -- Starting your own diary.

Summary:

Presents the diary of the sixteen-year-old daughter of a prominent Quaker family who moved with her family from British-occupied Philadelphia for the safety of the countryside during the Revolutionary War. Includes sidebars, activities, and a timeline related to this era.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR.

Personal Subject:

Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804-Diaries-Juvenile literature.

Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804.

Wister, Sarah, 1761-1804 (OCoLC)fst00182894

Subject(s):

Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.

Teenage girls -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region -- Diaries -- Juvenile literature.

Quakers.

Diaries.

Women -- Biography.

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.

United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783.

Geographic Term:

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.

Philadelphia (Pa.) -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.

United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.

United States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1783.

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Region.

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Salem Main Library	J 921 Wister, Sally 2000	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Excerpts from the diary of Sarah Gillispie, a pioneer from Iowa in the nineteenth century. Includes activities and a timeline related to the era.

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-6-Selections from portions of diaries bring to life the everyday activities of an Iowa farm girl and a family traveling by wagon train on the Oregon Trail. Misspellings and mistakes have been retained for authenticity. Some background on the girls, their families, and the period is included. Well-placed color and black-and-white illustrations, including family photographs and reproductions, and additional articles explain and expand on the material found in the diaries. In Farm Girl, sidebars discuss the one-room schoolhouse and preserving fruits and vegetables. Information on wagon-train rules, cholera, and more enhances Wagon Girl. Each book also includes a period craft or project with easy-to-follow instructions and suggestions for readers starting their own journal. The maps and time lines will be useful for reports. Readers of the "American Girls" series (Pleasant Co.), the "Dear America" series (Scholastic), and Marissa Moss's Rachel's Journal (Harcourt, 1998) will enjoy these titles. While slim, they provide personal glimpses into our history and introduce young readers to primary sources in historical context.-Carolyn Janssen, Rockford Public Library, IL (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Horn Book Review

These volumes present actual diary entries by eighteenth- or nineteenth-century American children, although the quality of writing varies according to the author's age and education. Sidebars offer background information, craft activities, and recipes. The books are illustrated with color and black-and-white photographs, historical engravings, and reproductions. Time lines and websites are included. Bib., glos., ind. (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.