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Kate Ayledford or, The Heiress of Sweetwater

Kate Ayledford or, The Heiress of Sweetwater Hardcover - 2001

by Charles J. Peterson

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Medford, NJ: Plexus, 2001. First edition thus. Hardcover. Fine/fine. First edition, first printing of this reissue of the novel first published in 1855. A fine, tight copy, touch of foxing to the outer edges of the text block; in bright, crisp, fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xviii+ 276 pp. New introduction for this edition by Robert Bateman. This "long lost" historical romance set in southern New Jersey during the American Revolution is first issued in1855 as "Kate Aylesford" and again in 1873 as "The Heiress of Sweetwater, both if which are very scarce. The story begins with the orphaned Kate and her aunt sailing home from England and being shipwrecked off the New Jersey coast. They are resuced by Major Gordon and his small band of valiant men. Other highlights include the Revolution's Battle of Chestnut Neck, Kate's kidnapping by a character based on the infamous South Jersey highwayman Joe Mulliner,a nd her subsequent harrowing escape through the Pine Barrens.
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  • Title Kate Ayledford or, The Heiress of Sweetwater
  • Author Charles J. Peterson
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First edition thus
  • Condition Used - Fine
  • Pages 276
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Plexus, Medford, NJ
  • Date 2001
  • Bookseller's Inventory # E26320
  • ISBN 9780937548462 / 0937548464
  • Weight 1.16 lbs (0.53 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.76 x 5.96 x 1.11 in (24.79 x 15.14 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001036470
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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