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A Border Shepherdess: A Romance of Eskdale
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332 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1887
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Amelia E. Barr
135 books10 followersAmelia Edith Barr, née Huddleston, was an English American novelist. (See also under Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr.)
In 1850 she married William Barr, and four years later they immigrated to the United States and settled in Galveston, Texas where her husband and three of their six children died of yellow fever in 1867. With her three remaining daughters, Mrs. Barr moved to Ridgewood,New Jersey in 1868. She came there to tutor the three sons of a prominent citizen, William Libby, and opened a school in a small house. This structure still stands at the southwest corner of Van Dien and Linwood Avenues.
Amelia Barr did not like Ridgewood and did not remain there for very long. She left shortly after selling a story to a magazine.[Caldwell,William A.,et al.,"The History of a Village, Ridgewood,N.J.," State Tercentenary Committee, c. 1964, p. 32] In 1869, she moved to New York City where she began to write for religious periodicals and to publish a series of semi-historical tales and novels.
By 1891, when she achieved greater success, she and her daughters moved up the Hudson River to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, where they renovated a house on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and named it Cherry Croft. The name has been applied to that period of her career, the most productive and successful. She remained there until moving in with her daughter Lilly in White Plains in her last years.
In 1850 she married William Barr, and four years later they immigrated to the United States and settled in Galveston, Texas where her husband and three of their six children died of yellow fever in 1867. With her three remaining daughters, Mrs. Barr moved to Ridgewood,New Jersey in 1868. She came there to tutor the three sons of a prominent citizen, William Libby, and opened a school in a small house. This structure still stands at the southwest corner of Van Dien and Linwood Avenues.
Amelia Barr did not like Ridgewood and did not remain there for very long. She left shortly after selling a story to a magazine.[Caldwell,William A.,et al.,"The History of a Village, Ridgewood,N.J.," State Tercentenary Committee, c. 1964, p. 32] In 1869, she moved to New York City where she began to write for religious periodicals and to publish a series of semi-historical tales and novels.
By 1891, when she achieved greater success, she and her daughters moved up the Hudson River to Cornwall-on-Hudson, New York, where they renovated a house on the slopes of Storm King Mountain and named it Cherry Croft. The name has been applied to that period of her career, the most productive and successful. She remained there until moving in with her daughter Lilly in White Plains in her last years.
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September 24, 2013
A Border Shepherdess - A Romance of Eskdale by Amelia Edith Huddleson Barr. Book dated 1887.
A Border Shepherdess - A Romance of Eskdale by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
A Border Shepherdess - A Romance of Eskdale by Amelia Edith Huddleson Barr. Book dated 1887.5 star book The story was well wriiten as a story line thus deserves 5 stars, but the difficult read might lower it to a 4.I admitt this is the hardest review I've written to date. Due to the fact that this was a reprint of the original book, it was most difficult to read. The size of print was wonderfully large- it was the actual wording that was my problem. I can only assume it was written in old English (?). I'm sure there are many that would have no problem reading this. EXAMPLE OF WORDS: mair means more, gie is give, frae is from, e'en means even, sae means so. That was a few of the many words I had to overcome. There were so many words I did not know, but by the time I was half through the book, I had learned how to read it, besides the story being soo good- I couldn't stop. I read it in one afternoon. The subject surrounds the lives of mainly 4 women. It includes thier work, love, frienship , and family. The main character, Faith is a devout Christain which is readily shown throughout the book with her generocity, love and compasion for others. The author did her homework with geography as well as poems from the 1600's. The author depicted a real life as it was at that time. Great read. It didn't end exaclty as I wished, but, that's all part of life.
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5 star book The story was well wriiten as a story line thus deserves 5 stars, but the difficult read might lower it to a 4.
I admitt this is the hardest review I've written to date. Due to the fact that this was a reprint of the original book, it was most difficult to read. The size of print was wonderfully large- it was the actual wording that was my problem. I can only assume it was written in old English (?). I'm sure there are many that would have no problem reading this. EXAMPLE OF WORDS: mair means more, gie is give, frae is from, e'en means even, sae means so. That was a few of the many words I had to overcome. There were so many words I did not know, but by the time I was half through the book, I had learned how to read it, besides the story being soo good- I couldn't stop. I read it in one afternoon. The subject surrounds the lives of mainly 4 women. It includes thier work, love, frienship , and family. The main character, Faith is a devout Christain which is readily shown throughout the book with her generocity, love and compasion for others. The author did her homework with geography as well as poems from the 1600's. The author depicted a real life as it was at that time. Great read. It didn't end exaclty as I wished, but, that's all part of life.
A Border Shepherdess - A Romance of Eskdale by Amelia Edith Huddleston BarrMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A Border Shepherdess - A Romance of Eskdale by Amelia Edith Huddleson Barr. Book dated 1887.5 star book The story was well wriiten as a story line thus deserves 5 stars, but the difficult read might lower it to a 4.I admitt this is the hardest review I've written to date. Due to the fact that this was a reprint of the original book, it was most difficult to read. The size of print was wonderfully large- it was the actual wording that was my problem. I can only assume it was written in old English (?). I'm sure there are many that would have no problem reading this. EXAMPLE OF WORDS: mair means more, gie is give, frae is from, e'en means even, sae means so. That was a few of the many words I had to overcome. There were so many words I did not know, but by the time I was half through the book, I had learned how to read it, besides the story being soo good- I couldn't stop. I read it in one afternoon. The subject surrounds the lives of mainly 4 women. It includes thier work, love, frienship , and family. The main character, Faith is a devout Christain which is readily shown throughout the book with her generocity, love and compasion for others. The author did her homework with geography as well as poems from the 1600's. The author depicted a real life as it was at that time. Great read. It didn't end exaclty as I wished, but, that's all part of life.
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5 star book The story was well wriiten as a story line thus deserves 5 stars, but the difficult read might lower it to a 4.
I admitt this is the hardest review I've written to date. Due to the fact that this was a reprint of the original book, it was most difficult to read. The size of print was wonderfully large- it was the actual wording that was my problem. I can only assume it was written in old English (?). I'm sure there are many that would have no problem reading this. EXAMPLE OF WORDS: mair means more, gie is give, frae is from, e'en means even, sae means so. That was a few of the many words I had to overcome. There were so many words I did not know, but by the time I was half through the book, I had learned how to read it, besides the story being soo good- I couldn't stop. I read it in one afternoon. The subject surrounds the lives of mainly 4 women. It includes thier work, love, frienship , and family. The main character, Faith is a devout Christain which is readily shown throughout the book with her generocity, love and compasion for others. The author did her homework with geography as well as poems from the 1600's. The author depicted a real life as it was at that time. Great read. It didn't end exaclty as I wished, but, that's all part of life.
April 2, 2023
I'm charmed by old old books. This one is from 1887, and I'm probably one of only a dozen people who have read this in the last decade.
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