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A review by justicepirate
The Cabin Faced West by Jean Fritz
3.0
This is a cute book for young girls to read, especially. It doesn't have a load of "meat" to it.
Ann Hamilton is based off of a real person, though some of how this story works out is fictionalized. There is historic evidence of something that occurs in the story at the end though.
The story is set after the Revolutionary War. The Hamilton family moved a bit west of Gettysburg, where they had previously lived. They have a small cabin and Ann has a vegetable garden and is teaching a boy to read and write. Her family always tells her "some day" but really, she just wants to go back home. This is certainly one of those "coming of age" sorts of stories.
Ann Hamilton is based off of a real person, though some of how this story works out is fictionalized. There is historic evidence of something that occurs in the story at the end though.
The story is set after the Revolutionary War. The Hamilton family moved a bit west of Gettysburg, where they had previously lived. They have a small cabin and Ann has a vegetable garden and is teaching a boy to read and write. Her family always tells her "some day" but really, she just wants to go back home. This is certainly one of those "coming of age" sorts of stories.