First published in 1904 "Dandelion Cottage" is Carroll Watson Rankin's best known novel. She first wrote the story for her own children. The novel became a regional classic in the Midwest, it tells of four young girls who negotiate the use of a derelict cottage as a playhouse by pulling dandelions for the owner, prosperous Mr. Black. Mr. Black character is based on, Marquette businessman and philanthropist Peter White, and the original Dandelion Cottage is also a real house that is still standing to this day.
First published in 1904 "Dandelion Cottage" is Carroll Watson Rankin's best known novel. She first wrote the story for her own children. The novel bec...
The little square cottage was unoccupied. It had stood for many years on the parish property, having indeed been built long before the parish bought the land for church purposes. It was easy to see how Dandelion Cottage came by its name at first, for growing all about it were great, fluffy, golden dandelions; but afterwards there was another good reason why the name was appropriate, as you will discover shortly.
The little square cottage was unoccupied. It had stood for many years on the parish property, having indeed been built long before the parish bought t...
The Cinder Pond. The Cinder Pond was first published in 1915 by Carroll Watson Rankin is quite a different tale than Dandelion Cottage also by this author. Years ago, a manufacturer built a great dock, jutting out from and then turning parallel to the shore of a northern Michigan town. The factory was abandoned, and following the habits of small towns, the space between the dock and the shore became "The Cinder Pond." Jean started life in the colony of squatters that came to live in the shanties on the dock, but fortune, heroism, and a mystery combine to change her fortunes and those of her...
The Cinder Pond. The Cinder Pond was first published in 1915 by Carroll Watson Rankin is quite a different tale than Dandelion Cottage also by this au...
