Dalgliesh, Alice

The thirteen colonies unite in the desire for independence, select Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence, and carry the news of independence across the colonial settlements.

The thirteen colonies unite in the desire for independence, select Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence, and carry the news of independence across the colonial settlements.

A young boy sent on an errand over Hemlock Mountain is not so sure he likes going alone, because there may be bears on the mountain, but with the help of the big iron pot he borrows, he completes his errand.

An eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness, and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.

The grownups did not believe there were bears on Hemlock Mountain. Jonathan did, and he had to fetch a pot from the other side of the mountain.

Remembering her mother's words, an eight-year-old girl finds courage to go alone with her father to build a new home in the Connecticut wilderness and to stay with the Indians when her father goes back to bring the rest of the family.

A Pilgrim family's struggle to survive in their harsh new homeland culminates in a Thanksgiving feast.

Tells how the thirteen colonies united in the desire for independence, selected Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence and carried the news of independence across the colonial settlements.