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A Chilhowee Lily: 1911
Charles Egbert Craddock
When rumor sweeps through a remote Appalachian gap that a forgotten chest lies buried beneath a wild white bloom, every idle hand takes up a pickaxe, and one young woman must decide whether her word is worth more than her lover's trust.
The Great American Pie Company
Ellis Parker Butler
Two lazy men, driven by the monotony of their daily pie-delivery routes, find themselves dreaming up a global monopoly that would eventually control everything from wheat fields to the federal government.
The raid of the guerilla: 1911
Charles Egbert Craddock
A young woman finds herself in the crosshairs of a ruthless soldier when her secret act of wartime mercy comes to light. In the rugged isolation of the Great Smoky Mountains, a single choice bridges the divide between enemies.
A Rivermouth Romance
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
A forty-year-old Irish cook marries a handsome, shiftless sailor half her age, plunging her orderly domestic life in a quiet New England town into a hilarious cycle of absurd missing-persons cases and endless marital endurance.
A Victorious Union
Oliver Optic
The seas of the American Civil War provide the backdrop for a young officer’s rapid ascent through the ranks of the Union Navy. Through daring ruses and strategic command, he secures his ship’s legacy and his own future.
Higgins, a Man's Christian
Norman Duncan
A physically imposing minister trudges through Minnesota snowstorms to drag drunk lumberjacks out of mud and saloon trapdoors, risking his own life to show abandoned, roughened men that someone still values their souls.
Five Hundred Dollars: First published in the "Century Magazine"
Heman White Chaplin
A quiet New England village built on seafaring memory, where small-town gossip, stubborn pride, and a misplaced wallet decide the fate of a family.
Right off the Bat: Baseball Ballads
William Frederick Kirk
Baseball is a game of heartbreak, heroic triumph, and relentless humor. This collection of verse captures the raw, gritty, and often hilarious spirit of the early twentieth-century diamond, where legends were forged and livelihoods were lost.
The King Of Beaver, and Beaver Lights: From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899
Mary Hartwell Catherwood
On the isolated shores of Lake Michigan, a magnetic prophet builds a kingdom, only to watch it succumb to the fragile, human passions of his followers.
The New Minister's Great Opportunity: First published in the "Century Magazine"
Heman White Chaplin
A young, small-town minister faces a quiet crisis of rhetoric when tasked with preaching a funeral sermon for an unremarkable centenarian whose only distinct legacy was living a very long time.
Fancy's Show-Box (From "Twice Told Tales")
Nathaniel Hawthorne
This story examines whether the human soul can be stained by wicked deeds that were plotted but never physically committed. It challenges the distinction between outward reputation and the hidden reality of our private thoughts.