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  Ms. Gregory discovered that, “After the war, William Kern’s brother, Adam, married a young woman named Christiana, coincidentally my namesake.”

  Ms. Gregory’s historical fiction novels include Jimmy Spoon and the Pony Express and The Stowaway, as well as Clementine, Jenny of the Tetons, The Legend of Jimmy Spoon, and Earthquake at Dawn. She lives in Idaho with her family.

  Acknowledgments

  I’m deeply grateful to Pennsylvanians Betty Page of the Valley Forge Historical Society and Elsie Mullin, for their help with research.

  The recipe of “Martha Washington’s Great Cake” was provided by The Women’s Committee of the Valley Forge Historical Society, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.

  Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to use the following:

  Cover portrait by Tim O’Brien.

  Cover background: Washington’s Headquarters—Valley Forge. Watercolor painting by Roland Lee, www.rolandlee.com. Used with permission.

  Everyday Dress of Rural America, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

  A New England Kitchen, Art Resource, New York.

  Title page from The School of Manners, or Rules for Children’s Behaviour, John Garretson, London: Oregon Press for the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1701, 1983.

  Excerpt from The School of Manners, ibid.

  Illustration of George Washington after a portrait by Charles Willson Peale, The American Revolution: A Picture Sourcebook, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

  Martha Washington by Rembrandt Peale, © The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Art Resource, NY.

  Martha Washington Arrives at Valley Forge by Henry Alexander Ogden. Collection of The New-York Historical Society, 1936. 850.

  Washington and Lafayette at Valley Forge, Culver Pictures, Inc.

  British soldier’s uniform, The American Revolution: A Picture Sourcebook, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

  George Washington’s request, ibid.

  Washington’s Headquarters at Valley Forge by Henry Alexander Ogden. Collection of The New-York Historical Society, 1936. 849.

  Declaration of Independence, The National Archives.

  “The Yankee’s Return from Camp,” The American Revolution: A Picture Sourcebook, Dover Publications, Inc., New York.

  Maps by Heather Saunders.

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  Voyage on the Great Titanic

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  Copyright

  While the events described and some of the characters in this book may be based on actual historical events and real people, Abigail Jane Stewart is a fictional character, created by the author, and her diary and its epilogue are works of fiction.

  Copyright © 1996 by Kristiana Gregory

  Cover design by Elizabeth B. Parisi

  Cover portrait by Tim O’Brien, © 2010 Scholastic Inc.

  Cover background: Washington’s Headquarters—Valley Forge by Roland Lee

  All rights reserved. Published by Scholastic Inc., Publishers since 1920. SCHOLASTIC, DEAR AMERICA, and associated logos are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Scholastic Inc. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. For information regarding permission, write to Scholastic Inc., Attention: Permissions Department, 557 Broadway, New York, NY 10012.

  The Library of Congress has cataloged the earlier

  hardcover edition as follows:

  Gregory, Kristiana.

  The winter of red snow : the Revolutionary War diary of Abigail Jane Stewart,

  Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777–1778 / by Kristiana Gregory.

  p. cm. — (Dear America ; 2)

  Summary: Eleven-year-old Abigail presents a diary account of life

  in Valley Forge from December 1777 to July 1778 as General

  Washington prepares his troops to fight the British.

  ISBN 0-590-22653-3 1.

  United States — History — Revolution, 1775–1783 — Juvenile fiction.

  [1. Valley Forge (Pa.) — Fiction. 2. United States —

  History — Revolution, 1775–1783 — Fiction. 3. Diaries — Fiction.]

  I. Title. II. Series.

  PZ7.G8619Wi 1996

  [Fic] — dc20 95-44052

  CIP AC

  This edition first printing, September 2010

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