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Lifetime: 1820 - 1900 Passed: ≈ 125 years ago

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Lucretia P. Hale

Books by Lucretia P. Hale

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Peterkin Papers

Comedy Fiction Children's Literature
Family 19th century Children's Literature Absurdity Philadelphia American Literature Classic Humor Mishaps Inept Solution Wise Lady

The Peterkins were a lovable but comically inept family that possess ingenuity, logic, resourcefulness, and energy--but not common sense. The general formula is that the family tries to solve some problem in an appealingly roundabout way, fails, and...