Hitty Her First Hundred Years

by Field, Rachel; Lathrop, Dorothy P.

• ISBN13: 9780689822841
• ISBN10: 0689822847
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-09-01
• Publisher: Aladdin

Summary

Hitty is a doll of great charm and character. It is indeed a privilege to publish her memoirs, which, besides being full of the most thrilling adventures on land and sea, also reveal her delightful personality. One glance at her portrait will show that she is no ordinary doll. Hitty, or Mehitable as she was really named, was made in the early 1800s for Phoebe Preble, a little girl from Maine. Young Phoebe was very proud of her beautiful doll and took her everywhere, even on a long sailing trip in a whaler. This is the story of Hitty's years with Phoebe, and the many that follow in the life of a well-loved doll. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Rachel Field wrote A Prayer for a Child for her own daughter, before sharing it with children around the world. Rachel Field’s other books for children include Newbery Medalist Hitty, Her First Hundred Years; Calico Bush; and Hepatica Hawks.

Table of Contents

In Which I Begin My Memoirs	p. 1
In Which I Go Up in the World and Am Glad to Come Down Again	p. 17
In Which I Travel-by Land and Sea	p. 31
In Which We Go to Sea	p. 40
In Which We Strike Our First and Last Whales	p. 51
In Which I Join the Fishes and Rejoin the Prebles	p. 69
In Which I Learn the Ways of Gods, Natives, and Monkeys	p. 82
In Which I Am Lost in India	p. 93
In Which I Have Another Child to Play with Me	p. 106
In Which I Am Rescued and Hear Adelina Patti	p. 121
In Which I Sit for My Daguerreotype and Meet a Poet	p. 139
In Which I Go Into Camphor, Reach New York, and Become a Doll of Fashion	p. 149
In Which I Spend a Disastrous New Year's and Return to New England	p. 161
In Which I End My Hay-Days and Begin a New Profession	p. 174
In Which I Learn Much oF Plantations, Post Offices, and Pin Cushions	p. 196
In Which I Return to Familiar Scenes	p. 210
In Which I Am Sold at Auction	p. 223
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