• http://www.public.coe.edu/~theller/soj/now/betsey.htm
• I like it because:
• It includes a trip to a worlds fair by train, including hitching a ride
• I know it's 1876
• The principals are like some wonderful women I know
• Reference to Maine's marine/trade heritage
• Spoiler alert:
• Betsy gets a bit of cash from a vistor. She sallies forth, walking to the station but before she get there she hitches a ride on a frieght. At the Philadelphia Centennial she befriends everyone, buys gifts for here friends and comes home.
• This looks like a great site for all things Sarah Orne Jewett

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