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"Maggie" Takes a Trip
Tuesday, April 29, 2008

When Maggie McKeen stepped out of the train onto the Alma Railway Station platform in Pictou County ,Nova Scotia for a breath of fresh air back i the 19th century she never suspected that someone in the 21st century would write a story about her long trip to the big city of Boston, Mass. from rural Inverness, Cape Breton. "Maggie's Diary" by Alex Smith of Halifax relates the excitement of that adventure for the young lady who travelled by horse and buggy, steam engine and ocean liner. Enroute she wrote her diary and told of her flirtations, and her awe when she viewed for the first time Boston's Ame's building- the tallest structure she had ever seen. Hooked Rug museum founder, Suzanne Conrod was invited to create the hooked frontspiece (shown above) for the book. Maggie is depicted in the red outfit (center) . The dog barking at the steaming engine is Suzanne's trademark in many of her illustrations.

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