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Lifetime: 1861 - 1937 Passed: ≈ 87 years ago

Title

Writer

Country/Nationality

Albert Bigelow Paine

Books by Albert Bigelow Paine

Mis' Smith Cover image

Mis' Smith

Fiction
Family Short Stories Mischief Rural Life Dialogue Anecdotes Folklore Humor Characters Wit American South Southern Literature

''Mis' Smith'' is a collection of humorous short stories by Albert Bigelow Paine, each centering around the titular character, a wise, witty, and mischievous elderly woman living in the rural South. Paine captures the essence of Southern life with wa...

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Lucky Piece: A Story of the North Woods

While riding a stage back to the city late in the summer, a youngster had no money to spend, and so gives his lucky piece as payment to a young girl selling berries by the roadside. As time passes, in the Adirondack mountains of northern New York sta...

Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book Cover image

Hollow Tree and Deep Woods Book

"In the House of Many Windows which stands in a large city and is sometimes called a "flat" by people who, because they are grown up, do not know any better, live the Little Lady and the Story Teller. The Little Lady is four years old, going on five...

Hollow Tree Snowed In Book Cover image

Hollow Tree Snowed In Book

Once upon a time, in the Big Deep Woods, there was a big hollow tree with three hollow branches. The tree animals living in each of these hollow branches have many stories and they are told by the Story Teller to the Little Lady. Lots of good fun...

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Moments With Mark Twain

These selections from the works of Mark Twain are presented in chronological order. They include the memorable whitewashing of the fence in "Tom Sawyer", events preceding the Mississippi River raft journey in "Huckleberry Finn", a dark moment during...