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Call me Kate : meeting the Molly Maguires / Molly Roe.
Coming of age amidst the seething unrest of the Civil War era, feisty fourteen-year-old Katie McCafferty infiltrates the Molly Maguires, a secret Irish organization, to rescue a lifelong friend. Under the guise of "Dominick", a draft resister, Katie volunteers for a dangerous mission in hopes of preventing bloodshed. Katie risks job, family, and ultimately her very life to intervene. A series of tragedies challenge Katie's strength and ingenuity, and she faces a crisis of conscience. Can she balance her sense of justice with the law?--T.p. verso.
Record details
- ISBN: 0981461956
- ISBN: 9780981461953
- ISBN: 9780981461939 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 098146193X (pbk.)
- Physical Description: 159 pages ; 23 cm
- Edition: First hardcover edition, first paperback edition.
- Publisher: Archbald, Pa. : Tribute Books, 2008.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographiocal references (p. 157-158). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Coal mining crisis -- Company's coming -- Collecting a salary -- Clothesline calamity -- Companions -- Katie's concerns -- Katie's courage -- Conflict -- Christmas at Pardee Square -- Catastrophe -- Consequences -- Katie's consolation -- Con's connections --Cajoling Patrick -- Conscription -- Conspiracy -- Cloaked correspondence --Carrying out the plan -- Convincing con -- Climax -- Concealment -- Conclusion. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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| Albright Memorial Library | LOCAL HISTORY ROE (Text) | 50686013747998 | Local History | Available | - | ||
| Albright Memorial Library | LOCAL HISTORY ROE (Text) | 50686015369171 | Reference Third Floor | Available | - | ||
| Green Free Library (Wellsboro) | YA ROE (Text) | 91050865 | GFWM Basement | Available | - | ||
| Tamaqua Public Library | PB YA ROE (Text) | 30TPL00167009F | Young Adult | Available | - |
Summary:
Coming of age amidst the seething unrest of the Civil War era, feisty fourteen-year-old Katie McCafferty infiltrates the Molly Maguires, a secret Irish organization, to rescue a lifelong friend. Under the guise of "Dominick", a draft resister, Katie volunteers for a dangerous mission in hopes of preventing bloodshed. Katie risks job, family, and ultimately her very life to intervene. A series of tragedies challenge Katie's strength and ingenuity, and she faces a crisis of conscience. Can she balance her sense of justice with the law?--T.p. verso.
