title: The Life of a Loyalist: A Tale of Survival in Old Nova Scotia (Amazing Stories)
author:  Cathleen Fillmore 
description: The Life of a Loyalist - A Tale of Survival in Old Nova Scotia ""It was a dangerous time to be loyal to the Crown. The divisive war had pitted neighbour against neighbour and father against son."" This book will be especially fascinating for all readers interested in: history biography Maritimes The life of young Christiana Margaret Davis, a Loyalist born in upstate New York, was turned upside down by the American Revolution. A time of struggle and strife, she escaped with her family to Nova Scotia, finally landing on Brier Island in 1789. Her remarkable story sheds new light on the plight of Loyalists.
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  The Englishwoman in America
  
  
  [CHAPTER I. Prefatory and explanatory—The voyage
  
  
  out—The sentimental—The actual— The oblivious—The medley—Practical
  
  
  joking—An unwelcome companion— American patriotism—The first
  
  
  view—The departure.
  
  [CHAPTER II. An inhospitable reception—Halifax and
  
  
  the Blue Noses—The heat— Disappointed expectations—The great
  
  
  departed—What the Blue Noses might be—What the coach was not—Nova
  
  
  Scotia and its capabilities—The roads and their annoyances—A tea
  
  
  dinner—A night journey and a Highland cabin— A nautical
  
  
  catastrophe—A joyful reunion.
  
  [CHAPTER III. Popular ignorance—The garden
  
  
  island—Summer and winter contrasted—A wooden capital—Island
  
  
  politics, and their consequences—Gossip—“Blowin- time”—Religion and
  
  
  the clergy—The servant nuisance—Colonial society—An evening
  
  
  party—An island premier—Agrarian outrage—A visit to the Indians—The
  
  
  pipe of peace—An Indian coquette—Country hospitality—A missionary—A