Daughter of Delaware Author:Josephine Savage Young Polly Lawson is the "daughter of Delaware" whose adventure to France and back provides the narrative of this book. When she embarks, it is in a minor role, for she is only escorting her prized horse Star to be presented to the French Queen by Polly's cousin, the belle of the colonies. But while in France, she finds herself a central figur... more »e in the urgent campaign to get help for her fellow Americans in their discouraging struggle against the British. She has her personal discouragements, too, for she is in love with a young ship owner who seems to be less attentive to Polly than to her beauteous cousin. The course of Polly's exciting stay in France, and the outcome when she returns home, it would not be fair to the reader to tell in advance.« less