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The country of the pointed firs : and other stories / Sarah Orne Jewett ; selected and introduced by Mary Ellen Chase ; illustrated by Shirley Burke.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel Fiction 2556
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Jewett, Sarah Orne, 1849-1909.
Contributor:
Chase, Mary Ellen, 1887-1973, editor.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Maine--Social life and customs--Fiction.
Maine.
Manners and customs.
Genre:
Fiction.
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Schimmel, Stuart B. (bookplate) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
xvi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
New York : W.W. Norton and Co., 1968.
Summary:
Portraits and scenes of the quiet life in a seaside village in Maine.
Contents:
The country of the pointed firs
A Dunnet shepherdess
The foreigner
The queen's twin
William's wedding
A white heron
Miss Tempy's watchers
Martha's lady
Aunt Cynthy Dallett.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy has bookplate of Stuart B. Schimmel affixed to front pastedown.
OCLC:
491106

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