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Excerpt from Harry Winter: The Shipwrecked Sailor Boy; To Which Is Added the Oak at Home The account says, that in a small village near Hanborough Castle, in Northumberland, lived the respected Mr. Winter. One so'n and a daughter were all the children Mrs. Winter, who had been dead some years, had. Left him. -hi's son Harry was an ami able youth; but unfortunately for himself, and the peace of an affectionate parent, he early con tracted a liking for a sea-faring life. Mr. Winter endeavored to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This book examines the fiction written for children in the United States between 1820 and 1860, and shows how it reflected the culture and mood of that era. The highly didactic, antebellum stories discussed here reveal many of the social and personal values accepted at that time. Jacksonian Americans were nationalistic and optimistic, proud of their country yet uneasy about its future. Their outlook was democratic, yet they doubted that the masses would prove equal to the moral responsibilities of their citizenship. The embraced the opportunities offered by the expanding economy but were repelled by the competitive spirit that came with it and the possible loss of traditional values. All this is reflected in the juvenile fiction of the period.