Peggy Owen at Yorktown

"Peggy Owen at Yorktown" by Lucy Foster Madison is a story that takes place during the American Revolution and centers on Peggy Owen, a young woman trying to figure out where her loyalty lies between her family and her country. The book follows her experiences alongside her cousin Harriet as they both take part in the war. The story begins with Peggy carrying linen to make shirts for the soldiers. The early events of the plot take place on a winter day in Philadelphia during February 1781. Peggy's brave and cheerful personality is displayed as she interacts with her mother and her cousin Harriet, who is having a hard time dealing with her identity as a loyal subject of the British crown. The start of the story sets up loyalty, friendship, and how war affects people and normal ways of life as the main topics of the novel.