Stories from the Old Squire's Farm

by Stephens, C. A.

• ISBN13: 9781558539594
• ISBN10: 155853959X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-04-06
• Publisher: THOMAS NELSON PUBLISHERS

Summary

Written one hundred years ago, this collection of rich tales follows the lives of six young children living in rural Maine after the Civil War. "Some of the very best stories of New England life and character that have ever been written." -- Hartford Daily Courant

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Vermifuge Bottle	p. 5
A Fight with Hornets	p. 13
Making Mug-Bread	p. 19
The Riddle of Halstead	p. 31
The Guest Who Had Been in Jail	p. 42
Three Days at the County Fair	p. 49
A Boyish Odyssey	p. 69
The Downfall of Master Lurvey	p. 80
The Old Rantum-Scooter	p. 113
A Strange Discovery of Moose Eggs	p. 123
Addison's War with Tibbetts	p. 132
Learning to Shear Sheep	p. 144
An Embarrassing Fourth of July	p. 151
The Stranger and the Fried Pies	p. 158
The Old Minister's Girl	p. 167
When Old Zack Went to School	p. 194
Peddling Christmas Trees	p. 201
How to Thaw a Frozen Pipe	p. 209
Cutting Ice at Fourteen Degrees Below Zero	p. 216
Lost in the Encyclopedia	p. 225
Addison's Pocketful of Auger Chips	p. 234
Criminal Types	p. 241
A Wakeful Night	p. 254
That Little Span of Morgans	p. 260
White Monkey Week	p. 268
Six Hundred Bushels of Potatoes	p. 277
Addison Wins the Debate	p. 283
Selling Eye-Sharpeners	p. 302
In Sermon Time	p. 309
Hulled Corn	p. 317
Treading Down the Herd's-Grass	p. 323
Addo's Queer Courtship	p. 329
Halstead's Saga	p. 335
When the Self-Sender Walked Home	p. 363
The Mystery of Quog-Hoggar	p. 375
The Young Birds Come Back	p. 395
C. A. Stephens: The Man and His Work	p. 403
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