7/6/2023 0 Comments Celia garth by gwen bristowI wrote the introduction for this edition of Celia Garth, but it appears under my pen name, Sara Donati. She sewed, she smiled sweetly, and in secret she risked her life sending information to this man that the king's whole army could not catch, the mighty little man to whom Tarleton angrily gave the name 'Swamp Fox'. In the dressmaking shop, Celia became a spy for Marion. But as Luke said of him, "When that man's leading a charge, he looks nine feet tall." Then out of the swamps appeared Francis Marion. Many Americans, like Celia's handsome cousin Roy, joined the king's side. Most people thought the Revolution was lost. Caught up in the ruin were Celia and her friends - the merry-minded Darren Jimmy, whose love for Celia brought her into his tragedy the fascinating Vivian, five times married Godfrey, rich and powerful, who met disaster because he could control anything in town but the weather the daredevil Luke. The ravisher Tarleton swept through the Carolina countryside in a wave of blood and fire and debauchery. Things did happen to Celia, but not as she had planned. She had blond hair and brown eyes and a sassy face, and she worked in a fashionable dressmaking shop. This is a story about a girl who wanted things to happen to her.Ĭelia Garth lived in Charleston, South Carolina, during the American Revolution.
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