A Little Maid of Fort Pitt

TitleA Little Maid of Fort Pitt
Year of Publication1931
Publication TypeNovel
Series TitleLittle Maid series, 19/24
Number of Pages or Episodes243 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsCurtis, Alice Turner
Tertiary AuthorsPrice, Hattie Longstreet
PublisherThe Penn Publishing Company
CityPhiladelphia
KeywordsNative Americans; pioneers
Abstract

Child protagonists are witness to the American Revolution. “The present volume,” states an introduction, “introduces the heroes of American history and tells of famous deeds and places of which all American children should know.”

Author Biography

Alice Turner Curtis (1860-1958) was a popular New England children's writer. Her series—all from Penn Publishing—are Grandpa's Little Girls (1907-1912), Little Maids (1913-1937), and Yankee Girls (1920-1930). Hattie Longstreet Price (1891—1968), born in Philadelphia, studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.

Time

1778