Excerpt from Harper's Story Books: A Series of Narratives, Dialogues, Biographies, and Tales, for the Instruction and Entertainment of the Young<br><br>AN account of the family to which John True belonged, and of his mother, Mrs. True, and of his older sister, Anna, and of his younger sister, Lucy, and of Mrs. Rowles, who took care of John and Lucy, and of the Duke, and of the beautiful house in which the family lived in New York, is given in full in the Story Book entitled John True. There is also contained in that Story Book an account of the circumstances under which John formed his resolutions.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.