Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home

"Peggy Stewart, Navy Girl, at Home" by Gabrielle E. Jackson is a heartwarming story following a spirited young woman named Peggy Stewart as she enjoys her life on the Severndale estate in Maryland, surrounded by her animal friends and close to her father and the house staff. Full of youth and freedom, Peggy's life with her animals, like her colt Shashai and her wolfhound Tzaritza, shows her to be a creative, imaginative girl reveling in nature. However, the story brings a sense of coming change as her father returns home and considers that she will soon need human companionship and more structure to keep up with her upbringing, suggesting that the themes surround growth, relationships, and the sometimes painful reality of change.