One is General George Washington, and he says he would like to have dinner at her house. Ann goes for a walk and meets a group of men on horseback.

He took her journal when he was angry, he explains, but he made her a new deerskin cover for it. When Andy’s family leaves for the winter, Ann finds a note from the boy. Ann is amazed at how he can be so thankful and happy about their new home when her own feelings seem so mixed up. At the day’s end, Father thanks God for His mercy and recites the 23rd Psalm.

Ann has mixed feelings as she ponders the idea of returning to Gettysburg.Ī severe storm blows in, and the family spends the day trying to rescue all they can of the crops and garden plants. They’re going back east for the winter, and he urges her to ask if she can come with his family. On a strange, cloudy day, Andy tells Ann that he and his family have decided to become planters after all. David teases and annoys Ann, and she’s particularly frustrated when her journal goes missing. She’s also delighted when her mother joins her for a forest tea party, even though she has used mother’s best dishes without permission. McPhale’s lack of planning and suspect the family won’t last long in the new territory.Īnn is pleased when a young man named Arthur Scott stays with her family while seeking out land in their area. Andy’s father is a trapper who has refused to plant his own fields. She writes in a journal and teaches 11-year-old neighbor, Andy McPhale, to read. Ann and her older brothers, Daniel and David, make a game of trying to remain positive about their new home on Hamilton Hill.Īnn spends her days cooking, cleaning and helping her mother with the baby. Her family now lives in the woods of Western Pennsylvania, and there are no other girls her age for miles.

Ten-year-old Ann Hamilton misses life in Gettysburg.

The cabin faced west by jean fritz