Books like Carey's fortune by Anne Emery
1800 Annapolis: Annapolis, Maryland, in 1800 offers everything seventeen-year-old Nancy Carey desires until a rebellious young journalist with radical political ideas begins complicating her life. The author of the newspaper, whose name is never revealed, presents Nancy with a dilemma: support her family by becoming a successful journalist, or continue as the quiet, independent woman she is.
First publish date: 1969
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Anne Emery
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