Penn (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Elizabeth Janet Gray
- First Published: 1938
- Time of Work: 1644–1718
- Setting: England, Ireland, France, Holland, Germany, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
- Principal Characters: William Penn, Sir William Penn, James Stuart, Gulielma Springett, Hannah Callowhill, George Fox, Sir Samuel Starling, Thomas Keith, Philip Ford
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Freedom, Family or family life, Colonies or colonization, Leadership, Religion, Politicians, Biography, Society of Friends or Quakers
- Locales: France, England, Pennsylvania, Germany, New Jersey, Ireland, Holland, Delaware
Form and Content
In Penn, Elizabeth Gray Vining has created a biography for young adults that is also a minor work of art. Penn is divided into two sections. The first, “Son William,” consists of sixteen chapters and deals with William Penn’s life from his birth to his father’s death, when Penn was twenty-five. The second section, “Onas,” consists of fifteen chapters and deals with the remaining forty-eight years of Penn’s life. The emphasis, therefore, is on the events that molded this figure, which is only fitting in a biography intended for...
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