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Click to enlargeThe Peterkin Papers

Lucretia P. Hale
Our Price$7.99
Availability: In Stock
ISBN: 0486471705
Page Count: 224
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8
Meet the Peterkins, a lovable crew with a notable lack of common sense. These comic tales chronicle the family's roundabout attempts to solve simple, everyday problems. Hailed by The New York Times as "a masterpiece," this collection offers a glimpse of 19th-century New England life that charms readers of all ages. 153 illustrations.
Reprint of the Houghton, Mifflin and Company, Boston, 1886 edition.

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