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Title: Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow ISBN: 0-690-18348-8 Publisher: Ty Crowell Co Pub. Date: December, 1991 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $52.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.92 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Celia Garth
Comment: I first read this book in high school many years ago. I have not been able to find another copy until Amazon. It is probably one of the best historical fictions next to Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series. Gwen Bristow is a great writer as you can also experience in her Santa Fe Trail. Anyone interested in the Revolutionary War from a woman's prospective will love this book.
Rating: 5
Summary: A wonderful book!!
Comment: I read all of Ms Bristow's books years ago, and enjoyed them all. Most of them are favorites, and I've read them each many times. Recently I took my mother to Charleston for the first time. As we walked down those historical old streets, and toured many of the lovely old homes, I thought how much my mother would enjoy Celia Garth. She would be able to read about many of the things we saw on our trip. Now I find that this wonderful, wholesome book is out of print. How do I obtain a copy for us?
Rating: 5
Summary: --A classic story of the American Revolution--
Comment: CELIA GARTH takes place during the American Revolutionary War in the city of Charleston, South Carolina. Celia, the main character is a "sassy" twenty-year-old woman who worked as a seamstress in a very fashionable clothing shop. The inhabitants of Charleston were divided in their loyalties. Some were Tories and supported the king and England; many others were supporters of the revolution. After two months of conflict and bombardment, British forces occupied the city of Charleston.
The local hero in South Carolina was Francis Marion, called the "Swamp Fox," by the British. His goal was to keep the British army occupied in South Carolina, and away from General George Washington who was fighting another British army in the north. Celia and her friends supported the revolution and acted as spies for Francis Marion during the two years of the British occupation of Charleston.
The book is full of the flavor and feeling of the late 1700's. Luke Ansell, an American soldier sings the following little ditty, as he walks home after his first meeting with Celia Garth.
"Now girls why act so shy
When provoking men come by?
You know you're only wondering
how you strike us--
Oh forget the won'ts and can'ts!
For since half the world wears pants,
You might as well own up to it--
you like us!"
I learned a great deal about Charleston and how the people of that town lived through the very difficult years of the American Revolution. The book gives a lot of little tidbits of interesting information. For instance, it was popular for the colonial women to name their male babies, George. They would then tell if their baby was named after King George of England or General George Washington.
This is a well-written and very enlightening story.
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Title: Jubilee Trail by Gwen Bristow ISBN: 0690467508 Publisher: Ty Crowell Co Pub. Date: June, 1950 List Price(USD): $11.40 |
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Title: Calico Palace by Gwen Bristow ISBN: 0671824716 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: March, 1977 List Price(USD): $2.50 |
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Title: Deep Summer by Gwen Bristow ISBN: 0671800108 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: June, 1977 List Price(USD): $1.50 |
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Title: The Handsome Road by Gwen Bristow ISBN: 0671812211 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: March, 1977 List Price(USD): $1.95 |
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Title: Golden Dreams by Gwen Bristow ISBN: 0690016786 Publisher: Ty Crowell Co Pub. Date: May, 1980 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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