Mackinac and Lake Stories by Mary Hartwell Catherwood


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When the British landed on the west side of Mackinac Island at three o'clock in the morning of July 17, 1812, Canadians were ordered to transport the cannon. They had only a pair of six-pounders, but these had to be dragged across the long alluvial stretch to heights which would command the fortress, and sand, rock, bushes, trees, and fallen logs made it a dreadful portage. Voyageurs, however, were men to accomplish what regulars and Indians shirked.




Mackinac and Lake Stories ...


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Mackinac and Lake Stories


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Mary Hartwell Catherwood (Ohio, 1847-Chicago,1902) was a successful writer of historical romances, publishing both novels and short stories in periodicals such as Lippincott's Magazine, Harper's Magazine, and the Atlantic Monthly. Due to Catherwood's husband's business, she traveled and lived throughout the Midwest and developed her signature style of incorporating Midwestern culture, dialect, and local color into her texts. Although most of her novels and stories are set in Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, some are also based along the American border with French Canada and on colonial Mackinac Islan




The Skeleton On Round Island


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Skeleton On Round Island" (From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899) by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.




Mackinac and Lake Stories (Illustrated Edition)


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Catherwood (1847-1902) was an American writer of popular historical romance, short stories and poetry who was known for her strong interest in American dialects and for bringing a high standard of historical accuracy to the period detail of her fiction. In later life she developed an interest in early French culture in North America and the stories in this collection first published in 1899 are set around the Great Lakes along the Canadian-US border and on colonial Mackinac Island. With illustrations.




A British Islander


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A British Islander" (From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899) by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.




MacKinac and Lake Stories...


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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.




Mackinac and Lake Stories


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A collection of romance tales and love stories amid the adventures of the early colonists in America. This is a Green Bird Publication of a quality paperback.




The Mothers Of Honoré


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Mothers Of Honoré" (From "Mackinac And Lake Stories", 1899) by Mary Hartwell Catherwood. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.