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Author Doherty, Kieran.

Title William Penn : Quaker colonist / Kieran Doherty.

Publication Info. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, [1998]
©1998

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Children's Department  J-B PENN, WILLIAM    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Children's Biography  J B-PENN DOH    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J92 PENN    Check Shelf
Description 192 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-187) and index.
Summary A biography of William Penn, founder of the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania, who struggled throughout his life for the freedom to practice his religion. Penn's life seems to have been a constant struggle for the realization of his goals. This biography gives readers insight into why he fought against the odds.
Contents Sea captains' son -- "Child alone" -- Formative years -- War and pestilence -- Confinement -- Commitments --"Against the peace of the king" -- "Match of providence's making" -- Years of trail, years of change -- Seed of a nation -- Holy experiment -- Day to be wise -- Man of sorrow -- Emergence from the shadows -- America again -- Final years -- Chronology -- Source notes -- bibliography -- Index.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.1 7.0 29019.
Subject Penn, William, 1644-1718 -- Juvenile literature.
Pioneers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 -- Juvenile literature.
Penn, William, 1644-1718.
Quakers.
Pennsylvania -- History -- Colonial period, approximately 1600-1775.
ISBN 0761303553 library binding
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