The rose of old St. Louis by Mary Dillon
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"The Rose of Old St. Louis" by Mary Dillon is a historical novel published in 1904. A young boy from Philadelphia arrives in St. Louis seeking adventure and dreams of touring the world. He falls deeply in love with Pelagie, the celebrated beauty of St. Louis, and pursues her across America and Paris. Their romance becomes entangled with dangerous political intrigue involving Napoleon and the signing of a great treaty. Upon returning
home, the heartbroken hero discovers that love and fate have taken an unexpected turn. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Dillon, Mary (Mary C. Johnson), -1923 |
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| Illustrator | Castaigne, J. André, 1861-1929 |
| Illustrator | Relyea, C. M. (Charles M.), 1863-1932 |
| Title | The rose of old St. Louis |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rose_of_Old_St._Louis |
| Credits | E-text prepared by Audrey Longhurst, Diane Monico, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Historical fiction |
| Subject | Louisiana Purchase -- Fiction |
| Subject | Saint Louis (Mo.) -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 20911 |
| Release Date | Mar 26, 2007 |
| Last Update | Jan 1, 2021 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 12964 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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