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When I was a little girl I heard many stories of the War-between-the-States, which were more fascinating to me than fairy tales or legends. Nor was their charm lessened by the fact that some of them were about people and places that I knew:A drop-kneed negro man, whom I saw daily going humbly and quietly to his work, had once carried a message that had saved the life of a young Southern planter.A dear acquaintance was one of the heirs to a lost fortune, said to have been buried in the yard of an old Southern home.A horse – but I must not anticipate my story of Silverfoot, which is woven around a true incident and interwoven with treasured memories and childish impressions still strong and vivid.It is the “long ago” of which I write, yet my little heroines seem close akin to the children who play now in the streets of our old Southern towns; and to the children everywhere, as for that matter.And courtesy, kindness, courage, and faithfulness, each of which plays its part in my narrative, belong to no one period nor section nor people; which is a pleasant thing to think about.It is pleasant, too, to know that whenever a horse and a small negro boy make acquaintance, a friendship between them is a inevitable as it was in the days of Rhody’s Jim and Silverfoot.Maud Lindsay.

Maud Lindsay's Silverfoot takes place in the South during the American Civil War. Unlike most war stories, this story is told from the viewpoint of three young girls. The girls are staying with their grandmother and aunts, while their fathers, uncles, and older male cousins are away fight the war. While their older cousin is away fighting the war, he leaves his prize horse, Silverfoot, in their care, with the charge to keep Silverfoot away from the Yankees. The girls have many exciting adventures, and endure many hardships. The story accurately depicts what life was like for many in the South during the war, but in a manner suited for children.