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Polly Hopkins Faces Oscar Bennetts Squatter World
Polly Hopkins, a barefoot squatter girl in the Silent City near Ithaca, confronts Oscar Bennett over milk and abuse. She draws courage from Granny Hope and the mayor Daddy Hopkins, planning to protect her family and a distant future despite threats from Bennett and pressures of the Robertson clan.
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Ithaca
N. Y
Oscar Bennett
West Hill
Trumansburg
Lake Cayuga
Oscar
Marcus Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Bennett
Polly Hopkins
Polly
Polly ‘Hopkins
Amile
Adderett
Byerlyn
Pollyop
Evelyn
Robertson
Eve
Jerry
Rolly Hopkins
Pally Hopktie
Vittous ‘Domand
Daddy Hopkins
Granny
Syibke
Iit
Hyelyn
Jeremiah Hopkins
Silent City
Lamih
Toran
Hopkins
WeeJerry
Granny Hope
Lakeside
Billy Goat
Job
Jeremiah
Jesus
Bute
Love-Lass