{"id":6482,"date":"2019-11-22T17:56:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T17:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/?page_id=6482"},"modified":"2022-09-12T10:49:35","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T10:49:35","slug":"the-peterkin-papers-by-lucretia-hale","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/old.yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/the-peterkin-papers-by-lucretia-hale\/","title":{"rendered":"The Peterkin Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>The Peterkin Papers<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">by Lucretia Hale<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"width: 100%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"675\" title=\"halel_peterkin_cover\" data-id=\"6636\" src=\"\/\/yesterdaysclassics.com\/books\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/halel_peterkin_cover.jpg\" style=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span>Description:&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">&nbsp;Lucretia Hale&#8217;s tales of the Peterkins, originally published in newspapers in the 1860s and 1870s, are here collected in book form. The stories tell of incidents in the life of a family of foolish individuals whose unusual and often silly solutions to the problems they face make for fun and humorous anecdotes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span><span><span>\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Additional information:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ages:&nbsp; <\/strong><em>\u200b8-10<\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Format:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span>Ebook<\/span><\/span><\/em><span><strong>Illustrations:<\/strong><\/span><em><strong><span>&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong><span><span><span><span><strong>\u200b<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>&nbsp;Black and white<\/span><\/em><span><span><span><span><strong>Year published:<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span>2013<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><span><span><span><strong>ISBN:<\/strong>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><em>\u200b<\/em><em>978-1-59915-848-8<\/em><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span>\u200b<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><strong><span>Genres:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><em><span><span><span><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: px;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Npx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: Napx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: NaNpx;\"><span style=\"letter-spacing: .px;\"><span>&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span>Literature, Fiction<\/span><\/em>                    <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Add ebook to cart<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><strong><strong><strong>Table of Contents<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>1. The Lady Who Put Salt in Her Coffee2. About Elizabeth Eliza&#8217;s Piano3. The Peterkins Try To Become Wise4. Mrs. Peterkin Wishes To Go To Drive5. The Peterkins at Home6. Why the Peterkins Had a Late Dinner7. The Peterkins&#8217; Summer Journey8. The Peterkins Snowed-up9. The Peterkins Decide To Keep a Cow10. The Peterkins&#8217; Christmas Tree11. Mrs. Peterkin&#8217;s Tea Party<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><em>12. The Peterkins Too Late for the Exhibition<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>13. The Peterkins Celebrate the &#8220;Fourth&#8221;14. The Peterkins&#8217; Picnic15. The Peterkins&#8217; Charades16. The Peterkins Are Obliged To Move17. The Peterkins Decide To Learn the Languages18. Modern Improvements at the Peterkins&#8217;19. Agamemnon&#8217;s Career20. The Educational Breakfast21. The Peterkins at the &#8220;Carnival of Authors&#8221;22. 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