The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua

"The Story of a Summer; Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua" by Cecilia Pauline Cleveland is a late 1800s memoir, crafted as a diary, that recounts the author's summer in Chappaqua, New York, alongside the Greeley family. Cecilia introduces readers to her world, filled with relatives, helping hands, friends, home life, and past happenings. Back in Chappaqua following time away, a flood of memories, good and bad, washes over the author. Cecilia paints vivid pictures of her surroundings, like the fresh house built for her aunt, and shares the ebb and flow of daily existence, from church visits to family togetherness and the feelings that come with it all.