Project Gutenberg 2024-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 161 Catherwood, Mary Hartwell 1847 1902 The Queen of the Swamp, and other plain Americans $aBoston :$bHoughton, Mifflin and Company, $c1899, pubdate 1900. "These stories were originally published in the Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Bazaar, Outing, the Independent, the Delineator, the Chicago Tribune, the [...] Chicago Graphic, and Lippincott's Magazine[.]" Ohio: The Queen of the Swamp. The stirring-off. Sweetness. Serena. Rose day -- Kentucky: A Kentucky princess -- Indiana: The Fairfield poet. T'Férgore -- Illinois: Beetrus. The bride of Arne Sandstrom. The Babe Jerome. The Calhoun fiddler. A man from the Spanish war. David E. Brown and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Queen of the Swamp, and Other Plain Americans" by Mary Hartwell Catherwood is a collection of short stories written in the late 19th century. The works reflect the experiences and nuances of life in Middle America, specifically highlighting women and communities in rural Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois. The stories seem to encapsulate the social dynamics of the era, aiming to preserve honest portrayals of regional characters and their struggles. The opening of "The Queen of the Swamp" sets the stage for a Christmas gathering at George's Chapel in Ohio during the year 1846. As the congregation disperses after a successful meeting filled with warmth and camaraderie, several characters emerge, including Priscilla Thompson, dubbed the “Queen of the Swamp” by her admirers, and her love interest, Martin Macauley. The narrative reveals the complexity of their social interactions, laden with expectations and rivalries, and the tension brought about by the disapproval of family and community. The initial Christmas festivities quickly take a dramatic turn when Priscilla unexpectedly falls into a frozen creek, prompting a rescue that intensifies the emotions surrounding the relationships within the group. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/queenofswampothe00cathrich/page/n7/mode/2up 20230630130152catherwood 1899 US Reading ease score: 80.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en United States -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Short stories, American PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 362469 2025-09-29T09:59:55.791726 text/html 337222 2024-08-17T01:19:02 text/html 633307 2025-09-29T10:00:02.528689 application/epub+zip 629492 2025-09-29T09:59:57.442758 application/epub+zip 332926 2025-09-29T09:59:56.464754 application/epub+zip 1343788 2025-09-29T10:00:06.215685 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1066142 2025-09-29T10:00:01.803712 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 319202 2025-09-29T09:59:55.042769 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 299196 2024-08-17T01:19:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16626 2025-09-29T10:00:06.353702 application/rdf+xml 17227 2025-09-29T09:59:56.687779 image/jpeg 2676 2025-09-29T09:59:56.579721 image/jpeg 937537 2025-09-29T09:59:55.833725 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia