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Description for Cordelia Underwood
Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Step back in time to Portland, Maine, in 1896. When the young, beautiful, redheaded Cordelia Underwood inherits a parcel of land from her seafaring uncle, it sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the unearthing of a family secret two centuries old. Cordelia soon crosses paths with Mister Tobias Walton and finds herself aided in her quest by the warmhearted gentleman, who has never heard of an adventure he isn't eager to join. Together with his hapless trio of friends, the Moosepath League, they embark on an entertaining and audacious adventure. Teeming with Cupid's arrows flying hither and yon, apparitions, a kidnapping, smuggling, and thievery, and filled with wonderment, romance, and adventure, Cordelia Underwood is a splendid yarn of the old-fashioned variety.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9781608935185
SKU
V9781608935185
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Ref
99-15
About Van Reid
Van Reid's family has lived in Edgecomb, Maine, since the 1800s. Reid lives with his wife and children in a house Reid and his brother built on their family's land. His series of novels about the Moosepath League--of which Cordelia Underwood is the first--take place in the late 1800s on coastal Maine.
Reviews for Cordelia Underwood
Reid's debut takes place in a simpler, gentler time in 1898, among the well-to-do of Portland, ME. It has parallel plot lines, one of which involves 23-year-old Cordelia Underwood, who lives with her parents and has just inherited from her Uncle Basil a parcel of land in upper, inland Maine that possibly contains buried treasure. The other plot line involves middle-aged Tobias Walton, a man of independent means who travels the world and who this year does his home state. Along the way he has picked up a valet by the name of Sundry Moss, twin brother to Varius Moss. Then there are the three nutty fellows who want Tobias to be the chair of their newly formed club, subsequently named the Moosepath League. In their journeys, Cordelia and Tobias cross paths with the strangest crop of crazies ever to sail into a Maine port or come out of a Maine forest. It's refreshing to read a story with no sex (just a little romance), hardly any violence, and absolutely no naughty words. Recommended, especially for the YA crowd.
Library Journal
"Reminiscent of John Irving at his hilarious best . . . a charming, old-fashioned romp through Victorian New England."
Boston Herald
"Delightful
thoroughly delightful."
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Library Journal
"Reminiscent of John Irving at his hilarious best . . . a charming, old-fashioned romp through Victorian New England."
Boston Herald
"Delightful
thoroughly delightful."
Cleveland Plain Dealer