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Beyond the familiar Hudson River, a wider world waits on the shores of Nova Scotia.
In Evelyn Raymond's Dorothy's Travels, a young heroine leaves home to see more of the world. Her journey leads from the Hudson River in New York toward the coast of Nova Scotia. Rivers and harbors, trains and steamers give this cheerful adventure its changing scenery, while new places and people invite Dorothy to look beyond the familiar.
This is a gentle travel tale, where courage, kindness and good sense matter more than sharp edges. Dorothy stands at the heart of a story about discovery and learning something about herself along the way. The pleasure lies in following her north, sharing the sense of possibility that comes when home gives way to a wider horizon.
What you’ll discover
- A heroine on the move Follow Dorothy as she leaves familiar surroundings for new places and people.
- From river to coast Trace a journey from New York's Hudson River to the shores of Nova Scotia.
- The pleasure of travel Enjoy changing scenery shaped by rivers, harbors, trains and steamers along the route.
- Kindness and good sense Enter a gentle adventure that makes room for courage without losing its warmth.
- A wider world Share the discovery of another land, with its own coast, weather and customs.
Who will love it
Readers who enjoy warm, old-fashioned girls' stories, summer trips by steamer and train, spirited friendships, mysteries of family and birth, and a close look at Nova Scotia's towns, gardens and woods.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- A mountain friend sails too far
- A shiny old man and two lost purses
- Lost and found in the great city
- Aboard the Prince, fog and music
- Yarmouth hedges and a bashful boy in a tree
- Digby, a Boston mother and an ox cart
- A night on the water and a changed boy
- Halifax rain, a farm and a runaway ride
- What the summer is really about
- How the story is told
Who’s who
- Dorothy ChesterA brave, kind foundling who loves music and flowers, she travels to Nova Scotia for a summer and wonders who her real parents were.
- Molly BreckenridgeDorothy's merry, impulsive schoolmate from the South, who loves pranks and her father and learns that teasing has a cost.
- Judge Schuyler BreckenridgeMolly's warm, humorous father, who loves camping with old friends and quietly helps the young people around him find their way.
- Mrs. Lucretia HungerfordThe Judge's sister, called Auntie Lu, a tactful traveler who keeps the party together and is curious about Dorothy's birth.
- Miss Isobel GreatorexDorothy's stiff, deaf teacher, anxious about her duties and notebook, who gradually softens during the summer.
- Melvin CookA fair, painfully shy young bugler from Yarmouth who dreads the sea and wants a future beyond his home town.
- Montmorency StarkA plump, pampered Boston boy who decides to live without money and learn what he is worth.
- AntonA mischievous young Micmac servant at the Grimm farm, quick-witted and fond of the woods, who loves to tease.
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I viaggi di Dorothy
by Evelyn Raymond · 1908
Two vanished purses and a limping stranger send Dorothy racing through New York on the first day of her trip.
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Dorothy's Travels is a girls' adventure novel by Evelyn Raymond, who died in 1910. It is a sequel to Dorothy's Schooling, and it follows a foundling girl named Dorothy Chester through one long summer vacation.
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A mountain friend sails too far
The story opens on a summer morning at a Hudson River landing. Dorothy is leaving on the steamer Mary Powell with her close school friend Molly Breckenridge and their teacher, Miss Greatorex. Their schoolmates Jim Barlow and Monty Stark have just jumped ashore as the gangplank is pulled in. Then Dorothy sees that Alfaretta Babcock, her untaught friend from the mountain, is still aboard.
Alfaretta came only to say goodbye. At the last second she was seized by a wish to ride a little way on the boat, though she has four cents in her purse. She explains that it is lonely in the mountains and that she cannot see why some people have everything and others have nothing. Her tears and her rough grammar show how much this friendship means to her.
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What is Dorothy's Travels about?
It follows the foundling Dorothy Chester on a summer trip from the Hudson River through New York to Nova Scotia with her friend Molly and a teacher, with comic mishaps, new friends and a mystery about her parents.
Do I need to read Dorothy's Schooling first?
No. The opening chapter explains who Dorothy is, where she was raised, and what happened at her school, so the story stands on its own, though earlier readers will know some faces.
Who is Melvin Cook, the Bashful Bugler?
He is a shy young bugler on the steamer Prince, the only son of a widow in Yarmouth. The Judge invites him to camp, and his courage proves greater than his shyness suggests.
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