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A Little Maid of Old Maine Alice Turner Curtis
'A Little Maid of Old Maine' is the book's title and its children bring help to a little settlement on the Maine coast.
Alice Turner Curtis (1860-1958) was an American writer of juvenile historical fiction.
This is a true story of the brave effort of two girls to bring help to a little settlement on the Maine coast at the time of the War of the Revolution.
unloaded the lunch wagon, and then Mrs. Hastings called the girls to decide on the best place to erect the May-pole, a fine birch tree that Black Jason was now chopping down. "There are so many good places!
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