Step back in time to Portland, Maine, in 1896. When the young, beautiful, redheaded Cordelia Underwood inherits a parcel of land from her seafaring uncle, it sets in motion a chain of events that leads to the unearthing of a family secret two centuries old. Cordelia soon crosses paths with Mister Tobias Walton and finds herself aided in her quest by the warmhearted gentleman, who has never heard of an adventure he isn't eager to join. Together with his hapless trio of friends, the Moosepath League, they embark on an entertaining and audacious adventure. Teeming with Cupid's arrows flying hither and yon, apparitions, a kidnapping, smuggling, and thievery, and filled with wonderment, romance, and adventure, Cordelia Underwood is a splendid yarn of the old-fashioned variety.
Prologue: The Mariner
JULY 1, 1896
Book One
JULY 2, 1896
Chapter 1. The Custom House Wharf
Chapter 2. Pigs, Not Contraband
Chapter 3. An Almost Empty House
Chapter 4. The Sea Chest
Chapter 5. Enter Ephram, Eagleton, and Thump
Book Two
JULY 3, 1896
Chapter 6. A Deafening Silence Hushed by the Smell of Bacon Frying
Chapter 7. Minmaneth
Chapter 8. Curiosity by the Barrel
Book Three
INDEPENDENCE DAY, 1896
Chapter 9. What’s Good for the Soul
Chapter 10. Freeport
Chapter 11. The Political Fray
Chapter 12. A Descent into the Maelstrom
Chapter 13. The Veiled Invitation
Chapter 14. Tolerable to Moderately Good
Chapter 15. A Storm at Mast Landing
Chapter 16. It Was Their Duty
Chapter 17. The Wake of the Dash
Book Four
JULY 5-6, 1896
Chapter 18. The Unasked Question
Chapter 19. The Vote Is In
Chapter 20. The Ghost in the Garden
Chapter 21. The Game Was Big in Wiscasset
Book Five
JULY 7, 1896
Chapter 22. It Was a Shame about Maude
Chapter 23. Sundry Moss
Chapter 24. Oddly Hunting Maude
Chapter 25. The Extraordinary Befuddlement of Mr. Thump, the Singular Distraction of Mr. Eagleton, and the Superior Determination of Mr. Ephram!
Chapter 26. A Shaggy Bear Story
Chapter 27. Chorus for Duck and Bear
Chapter 28. Colonel Taverner Proposes
Chapter 29. Captain Coyle’s Riddle
Chapter 30. Sundry’s Change of Position
Chapter 31. Night Watch at Fort Edgecomb
Chapter 32. Voices in the Night
Chapter 33. The Unexpected Effects of Ducky Planke
Book Six
JULY 8, 1896
Chapter 34. Boothbay Harbor
Chapter 35. The Members Are Outraged
Chapter 36. An Unexpected Expedition
Chapter 37. Damariscotta
Chapter 38. A Message Decoded
Chapter 39. Thoughts on a Pirate
Chapter 40. Monstrous Rumors
Book Seven
JULY 9, 1896
Chapter 41. Fishing for Information
Chapter 42. Briefly with the Club
Chapter 43. Cordial Mayhem
Chapter 44. The Kraken Speaks
Chapter 45. Caught in the Act
Chapter 46. Red-Painted Mystery
Book Eight
JULY 10, 1896
Chapter 47. Composition
Chapter 48. Walton from Walnut
Chapter 49. Alces Alces with Undergarment
Chapter 50. History Beneath the Heaps
Chapter 51. Formation
Chapter 52. No Longer Nameless
Chapter 53. A Slip of the Thumb
Chapter 54. Mister Walton Proves His Mettle
Chapter 55. The Writing on the Wall
Book Nine
JULY 11, 1896
Chapter 56. Design
Chapter 57. Pursuit
Chapter 58. Below Minmaneth
Chapter 59. Reprise the Overture, Please
Chapter 60. Moose Manor
Chapter 61. Tipping the Scales
Chapter 62. The Villain Among the Victims
Book Ten
JULY 12, 1896
Chapter 63. The Man Himself
Chapter 64. A Deed Nearly Done
Chapter 65. The Man with the Silver Lining
Chapter 66. Further Wit in Evidence
Chapter 67. No One Knew the Day Until the Sun went Down
Epilogue
JULY 27-31, 1896
1 July 27, 1896
2 July 30, 1896
3 July 31, 1896
Author’s Note
