03107cam a22004453u 4500 76074 UtSlPG 20260610134748.0 m cr n 260607r20251902utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d 02020984 UtSlPG en iso639-1 PZ Blanchard, Amy Ella, 1856-1926 A loyal lass Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-05-12 Carla Foust, David Edwards, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A loyal lass : A story of the Niagara campaign" by Amy Ella Blanchard is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. Set along the Niagara frontier during the War of 1812, it follows spirited Marianne Reyburn as her American father and Canadian kin find themselves on opposing sides, testing family bonds and personal courage. The story blends domestic life, frontier adventure, and wartime peril, focusing on divided loyalties, friendship, and quiet acts of bravery. The opening of the novel introduces Marianne in the woods near Lewiston, where talk of war with Britain is in the air and a Yankee pedler sells her a curious Indian bracelet. Crossing the river to her French grandmother’s Canadian home, she learns her brother Royal has enlisted with General Brock’s forces, setting him against their American father. Back home, Marianne gently breaks the news to her father and soon witnesses the Battle of Queenston Heights; her father is wounded and—through Royal’s intervention—brought to the Canadian side, where Marianne and her mother go to nurse him. As she secretly plots his escape, Marianne falls into a bog, is rescued by young British soldier Jack Silverthorn, and is taken to his family’s farm, where she unexpectedly meets Royal and Jack’s kind sisters; tensions flare over wartime talk, but new friendships form as she spends the night under their roof. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: Boston: W. A. Wilde Company, 1902 Historical fiction War stories Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Youth -- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction Soldiers -- Juvenile fiction Courage -- Juvenile fiction Courtship -- Juvenile fiction Loyalty -- Juvenile fiction Canada -- History -- 1791-1841 -- Juvenile fiction Niagara Frontier (N.Y.) -- History -- War of 1812 -- Campaigns -- Juvenile fiction Merrill, Frank T., 1848-1923 https://archive.org/details/loyallassstoryof00blanrich https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76074 116799 116799