The Flower That Grew in the Sand and Other Stories


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This book contains a collection of wonderful short stories by Ella Higginson. Ella Rhoads Higginson (1862 – 1940) was an prominent American author famous for her award-winning poetry, fiction, and essays set in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. She produced two collections of short stories, six books of poetry, a travel book, a novel, more than a hundred short stories, over three hundred poems, and many essays. Other notable works by this author include: “The Voice of April-Land and Other Poems” (1903), “Alaska, the Great Country” (1908), and “The Vanishing Race” (1911). The stories include: “The Flower that Grew in the Sand”, “The Isle of Lepers”, “The Takin' In of Mrs. Sybert”, “A Point of Knuckling-Down”, “The Cuttin'-Out of Bart Winn”, “Zarelda”, “In The Bitter Root Mountains”, “Patience Appleby's Confessing-Up”, “The Mother of 'Pills'”, and more. This fantastic collection is not to be missed by those with an interest in American literature and in the Pacific Northwest in general. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition for the enjoyment of readers now and for years to come.







A Dictionary of American Authors


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1901.







Short Story Index


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Quinquennial supplements,1950/1954-1979/1983, compiled by Estelle A. Fidell, and others, published 1956-1984.




The Globe


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Catalogue Number Eight


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Cumulative Index


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The Writer


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