Rediscovered Classics Celia Garth: Volume 11, (Paperback)

from Misfit

This is the tale of Celia Garth, a 20 year old woman trying to make a living as a seamstress in Charleston, South Carolina during the Revolutionary war. The author does a great job of setting up the scenes of the town and plantations, and the history of the time. We follow Celia and her friends t...

from spinsterrevival

My love for Celia Garth extends almost thirty years (!) to when I pulled it off the shelf in my middle school library; even then it was thirty years old. I loved learning about the South during the American revolution as it never seemed to be covered in history. Celia grows so immensely during th...

from kendallone

I loved this book! I first read it many, many years ago and was fascinated by the story. Set during the American Revolution, Celia Garth is the story of a young girl who becomes a participant in the fight against the British. Not only was I taken by a book that had a female heroine, many of the o...

from TheQuietReader

1779, Charleston, South Carolina. America is at war with Britain. Celia Garth is an apprentice at a dressmaker's shop. She doesn't think much about the war. She wants fun in her life and to prove herself more skilled at her needle than what people think. When the war lands right in the middle of ...

from whimsyblue

I read this story when I was young and fell head over heels in love. I thought it was the most beautiful and exciting book ever! The book belonged to my mother, it helped fuel my love for period literature.