Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0593159586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Gilman keeps you turning the pages." UPI After Gen Ferris's missionary father commits suicide in 1950, it is up to her to get out of Burma alone. She has one hundred dollars in her knapsack, a slingshot, a magical Burmese puppet, and the New York City address of an aunt she doesn't know. But Gen is captured by Red Chinese forces and imprisoned with six other lost travelers. She vows to escape, not believing that her destiny lies in captivity, never dreaming of the forces that will finally come to her aid....
Incident at Badamaya
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0593159586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Gilman keeps you turning the pages." UPI After Gen Ferris's missionary father commits suicide in 1950, it is up to her to get out of Burma alone. She has one hundred dollars in her knapsack, a slingshot, a magical Burmese puppet, and the New York City address of an aunt she doesn't know. But Gen is captured by Red Chinese forces and imprisoned with six other lost travelers. She vows to escape, not believing that her destiny lies in captivity, never dreaming of the forces that will finally come to her aid....
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0593159586
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
"Gilman keeps you turning the pages." UPI After Gen Ferris's missionary father commits suicide in 1950, it is up to her to get out of Burma alone. She has one hundred dollars in her knapsack, a slingshot, a magical Burmese puppet, and the New York City address of an aunt she doesn't know. But Gen is captured by Red Chinese forces and imprisoned with six other lost travelers. She vows to escape, not believing that her destiny lies in captivity, never dreaming of the forces that will finally come to her aid....
Incident at Badamya
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An exotic thriller set in the wilds of Burma at the onset of the Korean War.
Publisher: Doubleday Books
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An exotic thriller set in the wilds of Burma at the onset of the Korean War.
Incident at Badamya
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417636235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Gen Ferris's desperate effort to reach Rangoon seems doomed when she and her bizarre travelling companions are captured by a renegade army group
Publisher: Turtleback Books
ISBN: 9781417636235
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Gen Ferris's desperate effort to reach Rangoon seems doomed when she and her bizarre travelling companions are captured by a renegade army group
Thale's Folly
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0593356462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A New Yorker becomes ensnared by the eerie drama unfolding at a derelict New England family home in this charming mystery from the author of the Mrs. Pollifax novels. “Delightful . . . a suspenseful romp . . . highly recommended.”—Booklist At the request of his father, New York City novelist Andrew Thale tackles an odd assignment—to check out an old family property in Massachusetts, neglected since Aunt Harriet Thale’s death years ago. But far from being deserted, Thale’s Folly, as Andrew discovers, is fully inhabited—by a quartet of charming squatters, former “guests” of kindhearted Harriet. There is elegant Miss L’Hommedieu, Gussie the witch, Leo the bibliophile, and beautiful Tarragon, who is unlike any girl Andrew has ever met in Manhattan. Andrew is entranced by these unworldly creatures and their simple life. Yet all is not well in Thale’s Folly. A thief breaks into the farmhouse, an old friend of the “family” disappears, and Andrew and Tarragon are drawn into mysteries they cannot fathom. . . .
Publisher: Ballantine Books
ISBN: 0593356462
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
A New Yorker becomes ensnared by the eerie drama unfolding at a derelict New England family home in this charming mystery from the author of the Mrs. Pollifax novels. “Delightful . . . a suspenseful romp . . . highly recommended.”—Booklist At the request of his father, New York City novelist Andrew Thale tackles an odd assignment—to check out an old family property in Massachusetts, neglected since Aunt Harriet Thale’s death years ago. But far from being deserted, Thale’s Folly, as Andrew discovers, is fully inhabited—by a quartet of charming squatters, former “guests” of kindhearted Harriet. There is elegant Miss L’Hommedieu, Gussie the witch, Leo the bibliophile, and beautiful Tarragon, who is unlike any girl Andrew has ever met in Manhattan. Andrew is entranced by these unworldly creatures and their simple life. Yet all is not well in Thale’s Folly. A thief breaks into the farmhouse, an old friend of the “family” disappears, and Andrew and Tarragon are drawn into mysteries they cannot fathom. . . .
Incident at Badamya
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780792426134
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780792426134
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
The Maze in the Heart of the Castle
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett Books
ISBN: 9780449703984
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Consumed by grief after the deaths of his parents, sixteen-year-old Colin accepts the challenge of the maze of Rheembeck Castle and begins to unravel the mystery of the maze within himself.
Publisher: Fawcett Books
ISBN: 9780449703984
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 170
Book Description
Consumed by grief after the deaths of his parents, sixteen-year-old Colin accepts the challenge of the maze of Rheembeck Castle and begins to unravel the mystery of the maze within himself.
Girl in Buckskin
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449703809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Orphaned when her parents are killed in an Indian attack in 1703 Massachusetts, sixteen-year-old Becky Pumroy finds herself the unwilling target of wealthy Joshua Smeed's affections, and so she flees for a life of adventure among the Indians.
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449703809
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Orphaned when her parents are killed in an Indian attack in 1703 Massachusetts, sixteen-year-old Becky Pumroy finds herself the unwilling target of wealthy Joshua Smeed's affections, and so she flees for a life of adventure among the Indians.
Mrs. Pollifax and the Golden Triangle
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 059315956X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"A rousing caper for Pollifax fans." BOOKLIST Although Mrs. Pollifax is determined to give up spying for good, she can't help but agree to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return. The moment she lands, however, Mrs. Pollifax is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the ominous Thai countryside, led by a curious fellow who may be trying to help her find her husband. Or he may have other, more sinister plans....
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 059315956X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
"A rousing caper for Pollifax fans." BOOKLIST Although Mrs. Pollifax is determined to give up spying for good, she can't help but agree to carry a small object to an agent in Thailand, and get one in return. The moment she lands, however, Mrs. Pollifax is horrified to find her contact dead and her husband kidnapped. The next thing she knows, she's tramping through the ominous Thai countryside, led by a curious fellow who may be trying to help her find her husband. Or he may have other, more sinister plans....
Uncertain Voyage
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0449216284
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
With a broken marriage and a nervous breakdown barely behind her, Melissa sails for Europe. When a strange traveler urgently asks her to deliver a book to a secret address, Melissa agrees -- much against her better judgment. Soon Melissa realizes she's being followed. Her life is suddenly in danger. And as she finds herself forced to fight alone against an enemy she cannot understand, Melissa discovers something extraordinary about herself, something she never suspected . . .
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 0449216284
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
With a broken marriage and a nervous breakdown barely behind her, Melissa sails for Europe. When a strange traveler urgently asks her to deliver a book to a secret address, Melissa agrees -- much against her better judgment. Soon Melissa realizes she's being followed. Her life is suddenly in danger. And as she finds herself forced to fight alone against an enemy she cannot understand, Melissa discovers something extraordinary about herself, something she never suspected . . .
The Bells of Freedom
Author: Dorothy Gilman
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449704479
Category : Indentured servants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sold against his will into indentured servitude, young Jed Crane is happy that his newest master, Mr. Box, will permit him to learn to read, but Jed becomes alarmed when he learns about Box's affiliation with the American patriots.
Publisher: Fawcett
ISBN: 9780449704479
Category : Indentured servants
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Sold against his will into indentured servitude, young Jed Crane is happy that his newest master, Mr. Box, will permit him to learn to read, but Jed becomes alarmed when he learns about Box's affiliation with the American patriots.