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Informationen zum Autor Susanne George Bloomfield is Distinguished Martin Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Eric Melvin Reed is a graduate assistant in English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Klappentext Susanne George Bloomfield is Distinguished Martin Professor of English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Eric Melvin Reed is a graduate assistant in English at the University of Nebraska at Kearney. Zusammenfassung Before MP3 players, DVDs, and video games, before even TV and radio, American children entertained themselves by reading. This title aims to bring together twenty-six stories from "The Youth's Companion" and "St Nicholas" to offer a perspective on the values of the time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Susanne BloomfieldPóh-hlaik, the Cave Boy: Charles Fletcher Lummis McCoy's Stampede: George Washington OgdenSister Anne and the Cowboy: Charlotte M. VaileWhere the Buffaloes Begin: Olaf BakerHer Neighbor's Claim: May Roberts ClarkKit: Major Charles AskinsThe Black Hero of the Ranges: Enoch Josiah MillsSmiley Hewitt and the Prairie-Wolf: John R. SpearsWhen Jennie Saved the Windmill: Clara L. DobsonA Little Maverick: Patience StapletonOur First Well in Nebraska: Fitzroy GreenleafThe McColloughs of the Bluff: Elia Wilkinson PeattieHow the Parsonage was Papered: Susan Hubbard MartinThe Doctor's Visit: Hamlin GarlandIn Common Laura: Tilden KentA Matter of Nationality: Edith Ronald MirrieleesThe Little Nugget Strike: George Edmands MerrillThe Buffalo Hunt: James Willard Schultz"Old Glory" in the Desert: Ralph Delahaye PaineA Native Teacher: Frances McElrathFairy 'Spuds': Theodora Marshall InglisThe Common Sense of John Thomas: Henry Spofford CanfieldThe Successes of Jimmy Sylvester: Leonard Kingsley SmithThe Girls at Overtown: Mary AustinA Life Like Maggy's: Marianne GaussAunt 'Phrony's Boy: L. Frank BaumReferences
