Doris Kingsley, Child and Colonist
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Abstract
Abducted by pirates, Doris Kingsley, a 9-year-old girl, is to be sold into indentured servitude. Yearning to return to London and her younger siblings, she and the other abducted women and children are saved when a governor's vessel runs down the pirates and lands at Charles-Town. There she is placed with Mrs. Bryce before eventually becoming a woman of means herself in love with a married man whose wife lives in St. Augustine. The last portion of the book weaves together General Ogelthorpe's 1743 attack on St. Augustine and the love triangle.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Mose.
Doris Kingsley's story has no connection with local historic personage, Anna Kingsley.
Local locations visited or mentioned in the text include the Castillo de San Marcos and Fort Mose.
Doris Kingsley's story has no connection with local historic personage, Anna Kingsley.
Creator
Title
Doris Kingsley, Child and Colonist
Publisher
New York: G.W. Dillingham Company
Date
Language
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Audience
Subject
Action or Adventure
Historical
Romance
Historical
Romance
Coverage
1st Spanish Period
Has Format
Available for free on HathiTrust.
References
Gardner, Janette C. An Annotated Bibliography of Florida Fiction, 1801-1980. St. Petersburg, FL: Little Bayou Press, 1983.
Mason, Walter Scott. The People of Florida as Portrayed in American Fiction. Nashville, TN: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1949.
McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.
Mason, Walter Scott. The People of Florida as Portrayed in American Fiction. Nashville, TN: George Peabody College for Teachers, 1949.
McCarthy, Kevin. M. “Historical St. Augustine in Fiction.” El Escribano 15 (1978): 61-69.
Bibliographic Citation
Rayner, Emma. Doris Kingsley, Child and Colonist. New York: G.W. Dillingham Company, 1901.
Collection
Citation
Emma Rayner, “Doris Kingsley, Child and Colonist,” St. Augustine Fiction, accessed June 22, 2025, https://staugustinefiction.omeka.net/items/show/84.