Satanstoe: Restored Classics to Go Edition

Satanstoe opens with a colonial family chronicle that is also a defense of tradition, public duty, and social order. Through the Littlepage manuscripts, Cornelius Littlepage looks back on his life in colonial New York, determined to preserve the manners, domestic customs, and private experiences of an age that is already vanishing. Born in 1737 at the family estate of Satanstoe in West Chester, he traces the Littlepages' long possession of the land, their service in the assembly and militia, and the modest honor of his Dutch-American mother's heritage. As the story broadens, Cornelius reflects on regional rivalries, especially the differences between New York and New England, and on the larger colonial world under British rule. A journey to Boston during the Louisbourg expedition introduces him to military life, old friendships, and the habits that distinguish one colony from another. Back in New York, visits, sleigh rides, and winter travel bring warmth, humor, and romantic anticipation, especially in his growing feelings for Anneke. But amid the charm and hospitality, the frozen Hudson also becomes a place of suspense, as warnings, uncertainty, and a sudden rush of danger threaten to turn youthful pleasure into disaster. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.