{"product_id":"2940012769329","title":"Peggy Owen At Yorktown","description":"CHAPTER                                                          PAGE\u003cbr\u003e       I. A Loyal Subject of His Majesty,\u003cbr\u003e          George Third, Makes a Shirt                                11\u003cbr\u003e      II. Harriet Makes a Present                                    25\u003cbr\u003e     III. A Glimpse of Clifford                                      38\u003cbr\u003e      IV. A Strange Presentiment                                     52\u003cbr\u003e       V. A Day of Note                                              60\u003cbr\u003e      VI. A Message of Indignation                                   73\u003cbr\u003e     VII. Harriet Takes Matters in Hand                              90\u003cbr\u003e    VIII. Hospitality Betrayed                                      103\u003cbr\u003e      IX. The Dictates of Humanity                                  115\u003cbr\u003e       X. Farewell to Home                                          127\u003cbr\u003e      XI. On the Road                                               139\u003cbr\u003e     XII. The Home of Washington                                    149\u003cbr\u003e    XIII. The Appearance of the Enemy                               164\u003cbr\u003e     XIV. The Journey’s End                                         174\u003cbr\u003e      XV. Peggy is Troubled                                         186\u003cbr\u003e     XVI. The Tables Turned                                         200\u003cbr\u003e    XVII. An Unwelcome Encounter                                    211\u003cbr\u003e   XVIII. Under the Lindens                                         220\u003cbr\u003e     XIX. Harriet at Last                                           234\u003cbr\u003e      XX. Vindicated                                                244\u003cbr\u003e     XXI. A Rash Resolve                                            254\u003cbr\u003e    XXII. For Love of Country                                       266\u003cbr\u003e   XXIII. A Question of Courage                                     280\u003cbr\u003e    XXIV. An Unexpected Encounter                                   289\u003cbr\u003e     XXV. Her Nearest Relative                                      301\u003cbr\u003e    XXVI. Tide-Water Again                                          310\u003cbr\u003e   XXVII. Peggy Receives a Shock                                    321\u003cbr\u003e  XXVIII. Verified Suspicions                                       333\u003cbr\u003e    XXIX. “I Shall Not Say Good-bye”                                347\u003cbr\u003e     XXX. What the Night Brought                                    362\u003cbr\u003e    XXXI. The Dawn of the Morning                                   376\u003cbr\u003e   XXXII. “Lights Out”                                              395\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                             Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Did Thee Put Thy Name On It?”                           Frontispiece\u003cbr\u003e  “Thee Must be John Paul Jones”                                     70\u003cbr\u003e  “I Have Heard Nothing”                                            119\u003cbr\u003e  “Why Have You Come?”                                              183\u003cbr\u003e  “Benedict Arnold Forces His Presence Upon No One”                 216\u003cbr\u003e  “Draw and Defend Yourself!”                                       298\u003cbr\u003e  She Stepped Into the Room                                         355\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePEGGY OWEN AT YORKTOWN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I—A LOYAL SUBJECT OF HIS MAJESTY, GEORGE THIRD, MAKES A SHIRT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e           “Alone by the Schuylkill a wanderer roved,\u003cbr\u003e             And bright were its flowery banks to his eye,\u003cbr\u003e           But far, very far were the friends that he loved,\u003cbr\u003e             And he gazed on its flowery banks with a sigh.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e                                              —Thomas Moore.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt was a fine winter day. There had been a week of murky skies and\u003cbr\u003edripping boughs; a week of rain, and mud, and slush; a week of such\u003cbr\u003edisagreeable weather that when the citizens of Philadelphia awoke, on\u003cbr\u003ethis twenty-first day of February, 1781, to find the sun shining in a\u003cbr\u003esky of almost cloudless blue and the air keen and invigorating, they\u003cbr\u003erejoiced, and went about their daily tasks thrilled anew with the\u003cbr\u003epleasure of living.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAbout ten o’clock on the morning of this sunlit winter day a young girl\u003cbr\u003ewas slowly wending her way up Chestnut Street. At every few steps she\u003cbr\u003ewas obliged to pause to lift into place a huge bundle she was carrying—a\u003cbr\u003ebundle so large that she could just reach her arms about it, and clasp\u003cbr\u003eher hands together in the comfortable depths of a great muff. A ripple\u003cbr\u003eof laughter rose to her lips as, in spite of her efforts, the bundle at\u003cbr\u003elength slipped through her arms and fell with a soft thud upon the\u003cbr\u003efrozen ground.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“It’s lucky for thee, Peggy,” she cried addressing herself merrily,\u003cbr\u003e“that ’tis not yesterday, else thee would have a washing on thy hands.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47081739354352,"sku":"2940012769329","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012769329_p0.jpg?v=1763572487","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012769329","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}