"Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times" by Mary Martha Sherwood is a story set long ago on the border between England and Scotland, where a young landowner named Mr. Dymock tries to rebuild his family's wealth, so he asks Shanty, a blacksmith, to create a new type of plough, while at the same time he deals with the problems of his home life. The story begins by introducing us to Mr. Dymock’s run-down tower and the unusual people who live there, including Mrs. Margaret, his housekeeper; as Mr. Dymock hopes to make things better through Shanty's work, changes happen at home, especially when a strange young person and a beggar woman with her children arrive and all these new characters and relationships create a tangled web of riddles, pointing toward a deeper mystery about the young Tamar as well as who she is and where she belongs.
Shanty the Blacksmith; a Tale of Other Times
By Mary Martha Sherwood
In a time before big changes shook the world, a young landowner seeks to build an innovative creation, but unexpected guests and hidden secrets turn his world upside down.
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About the AuthorMary Martha Sherwood was a nineteenth-century English children's writer. Of her more than four hundred works, the best known include The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814) and the two series The History of Henry Milner (1822–1837) and The History of the Fairchild Family (1818–1847). Her evangelicalism permeated her early writings, but later works cover common Victorian themes such as domesticity.
Mary Martha Sherwood was a nineteenth-century English children's writer. Of her more than four hundred works, the best known include The History of Little Henry and his Bearer (1814) and the two series The History of Henry Milner (1822–1837) and The History of the Fairchild Family (1818–1847). Her evangelicalism permeated her early writings, but later works cover common Victorian themes such as domesticity.
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