Books published by publisher World Pub

Contents: 1: The Pargeters; 2: Disaster; 3. 'The New Jerusalem'; 4. The Bequest; 5. Elijah; 6. Poultry Compter; 7. The Worst That Could Happen; 8. The Mob; 9. Picking up the Bits; 10. Dr. Kerridge; 11. In Court Again; 12. Outward Bound; 13. Herringsby; 14. A Wet Afternoon; 15. The Moores; 16. Ipswich Gaol; 17. The Camp on the Heath; 18. Robert; 19. The Storm; 20. The Night of the Assembly; 21. All's Well

"Shaw's Fortune chronicles daily life on a Virginia tobacco plantation during two periods of time. The first part is set in the 1650's as Alan Shaw and his wife Margaret consolidate a series of smaller landholdings into a commercial plantation. The story jumps a hundred years to 1752 when "Shaw's Fortune" has become one of Virginia's largest plantations." "Edwin Tunis was one the finest illustrators to ever work on children's books. Tunis was fascinated by American material culture. In his many books, Tunis showed his readers how things were made before the industrial revolution." Shaw's Fortune is filled with wonderful illustrations showing such ordinary things like: how tobacco was pressed into wooden barrels and corn was ground in water mills. Edwin Tunis was a master illustrator and his works are a pleasure for both parents and children. One could easily find yourself trying to collect all of his work. Most of the description is taken from a customer's review.