Elsie DinsmoreEnter the world of Elsie Dinsmore! These nineteenth-century fictional chronicles of a beautiful young heiress in the Civil War South have captivated generations of 10- to 14-year-old readers eager to follow Elsie's life from childhood to motherhood and beyond. Covers feature custom illustrations. Elsie Dinsmore, Book 1: Living at her uncle's plantation, our heroine is criticized harshly by her teacher and teased relentlessly by her cousins. Will believing she's a child of God make life bearable? |
Contents
Section 1 | 7 |
Section 2 | 23 |
Section 3 | 45 |
Section 4 | 61 |
Section 5 | 101 |
Section 6 | 115 |
Section 7 | 131 |
Section 8 | 145 |
Section 9 | 159 |
Section 10 | 175 |
Section 11 | 189 |
Section 12 | 195 |
Section 13 | 217 |
Section 14 | 229 |
Section 15 | 243 |
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