This chronologically selected anthology of fiction by eight Ohio women makes accessible a literary tradition that begins with lost aspects of frontier life in the 1830s depicted by contemporaries Julia L. Dumont and Pamilla W. Ball. It ends with Jessie Brown Pounds's retrospective recreation of the Western Reserve's frontier culture at the century's close.
This chronologically selected anthology of fiction by eight Ohio women makes accessible a literary tradition that begins with lost aspects of frontier...
Eight selected pieces sample the efforts of Pound (1861-1921) to preserve Ohio's rural village culture as the 19th century waned. Written in a local-color style, they include five short stories written in 1889, five sketches of Hillsbury folks from 1911, an undated story published posthumously, and
Eight selected pieces sample the efforts of Pound (1861-1921) to preserve Ohio's rural village culture as the 19th century waned. Written in a local-c...
In her fiction, Jessie Brown Pounds preserved the flavor of Ohio's rural village culture as the nineteenth century drew to a close. This anthology rediscovers Pounds's varied works and reminds modern students that Middle-Western culture included women writers as social critics and mythmakers. Included are short stories, sketches, one undated short story published posthumously in 1921, and Rachael Sylvestre, a first-person historical novel written in 1904.
In her fiction, Jessie Brown Pounds preserved the flavor of Ohio's rural village culture as the nineteenth century drew to a close. This anthology red...
