The journal records the daily lives and special events of Cassie, her family, and friends, such as going to school, attending church services, cooking the food which is Catherine’s job following the death of her mother, celebrating holidays such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, and other such activities.
20, 1899, and sent by Catherine Hall Onesti, now living in Providence, RI, to her namesake great-granddaughter on her fourteenth birthday accompanying the journal as a present. The book actually begins with a letter dated Nov. Catherine’s best friend is Cassie Shipman, who lives on a farm just to the south with her parents and three brothers David, Asa, and little Willie. The girls’ mother Hannah had died some four years before along with their baby brother Nathaniel. Catherine lives on a farm at Meredith, NH, with her father Charles and seven-year-old sister Mary Martha, known as Matty.
17, 1830, Catherine Cabot Hall, aged 13 years, 6 months, 29 days, receives a journal from her father which she keeps for the next year and five months. A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832 (published in 1979 by Atheneum Books for Young Readers republished in 1990 by Aladdin Paperbacks, a division of Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing Division, 1230 Avenue of the Americas, New York City, NY 10020). No other compensation has been received for the reviews posted on Home School Book Review.įor more information e-mail Joan W. (1=nothing objectionable 2=common euphemisms and/or childish slang terms 3=some cursing or profanity 4=a lot of cursing or profanity 5=obscenity and/or vulgarity)ĭisclosure: Any books donated for review purposes are in turn donated to a library. Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks, republished in 1990 Book: A Gathering of Days: A New England Girl’s Journal, 1830-1832
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