![]() ![]() The daughter of a Scotsman and an Englishwoman, she grew up with Sir Walter Scott's novels and her father's stories of how "Wattie" Scott would visit her great-grandfather and sit in the kitchen exchanging stories. Like all of Alice Dalgliesh's work, The Fourth of July Story remains an American classic.Ībout the Author: Born October 7, 1893, in Trinidad, Alice Dalgliesh was a woman of letters all her life. Simple text captures the excitement of the era, telling how word of Independence travelled up and down the thirteen colonies, touching the lives of everyday people throughout the land. ![]() ![]() What happened on the Fourth of July long before there were fireworks and parades? Alice Dalgliesh takes young readers back to revolutionary times, back to the colonists' desire for freedom and the creation of the Declaration of Independence. ![]()
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