Full name: Cordelia Underwood: Or, The Marvelous Beginnings of the Moosepath League

Author: Van Reid Year: 1998 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, Mystery, Adventure, Humor Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140280104 9781608935185 0140280103

In the idyllic summer of 1896 in Portland, Maine, several people are embarking on adventures of a most audacious and entertaining nature. The lovely Cordelia Underwood unexpectedly inherits a large parcel of land, and discovers that it holds an irresistible secret; it is her newfound friend, Tobias Walton -- a man of a certain age and Pickwickian characteristics -- who will eventually help her to unravel the mystery. In parallel journeys up the coast of Maine, Cordelia collects a handsome suitor and several opinionated relatives, and Mister Walton is soon accompanied by an entourage of hapless friends -- the honorable members of the Moosepath League. Together this motley group encounters a colorful variety of true Maine eccentrics -- from old salts to bootleggers, grande dames to prospective beaus -- and find themselves embroiled in some good old-fashioned wonderment and laughter that includes a boxing match between two aging politicians, an escaped circus bear named Maude, a dastardly kidnapping, and the parachutist Mrs. Roberto in her attractive suit of tights! Superbly written, with a vivid sense of place and period, this is a book for any day that begs a few hours of pure delight. Similar books: Fiddler's Green by Van Reid The Weight of Winter by Cathie Pelletier Daniel Plainway by Van Reid The Funeral Makers by Cathie Pelletier Mollie Peer by Van Reid Lost Nation by Jeffrey Lent A Slant of Light by Jeffrey Lent The Mathematics of Love by Emma Darwin Hunger's Brides by Paul Anderson O'Hara's Choice by Leon Uris Second Generation by Howard Fast Stern Men by Elizabeth Gilbert Once upon a Time on the Banks by Cathie Pelletier Mourning Doves by Helen Forrester The Bubble Reputation by Cathie Pelletier Where Is Joe Merchant? by Jimmy Buffett The Last Bookaneer by Matthew Pearl The Map of Lost Memories by Kim Fay The North Water by Ian McGuire Dodger by Terry Pratchett