The Cinder Pond
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About This Book
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." Jeanne 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 friends near the Cinder Pond. (Advertising material from the publisher, 1915)More than one girl who reads this story will envy Jeanne her queer little home ...
Chapters (65)
- THE CINDER POND
- CARROLL WATSON RANKIN
- AUTHOR OF "DANDELION COTTAGE," "THE CASTAWAYS OF PETE'S PATCH," ETC.
- ILLUSTRATIONS BY ADA C. WILLIAMSON
- NEW YORK HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
- SALLIE and IMOGENE
- CONTENTS
- THE PERSONS OF THE STORY
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- THE CINDER POND
- CHAPTER I
- THE ACCIDENT
- CHAPTER II
- PART OF THE TRUTH
- CHAPTER III
- JEANNETTE'S QUEER FAMILY
- CHAPTER IV
- WHAT WAS IN AN OLD TRUNK
- CHAPTER V
- THE SEWING LESSON
- CHAPTER VI
- MOLLIE
- CHAPTER VII
- A MATTER OF COATS
- CHAPTER VIII
- A SHOPPING EXPEDITION
- CHAPTER IX
- THE FLIGHT
- CHAPTER X
- THE ARRIVAL
- CHAPTER XI
- A NEW LIFE
- CHAPTER XII
- A HELPFUL GRANDFATHER
- CHAPTER XIII
- BANISHED FRIENDS
- CHAPTER XIV
- AT FOUR A.M.
- CHAPTER XV
- ALLEN ROSSITER
- CHAPTER XVI
- AN OLD ALBUM
- CHAPTER XVII
- A LONELY SUMMER
- CHAPTER XVIII
- A THUNDERBOLT
- CHAPTER XIX
- WITH THE ROSSITERS
- CHAPTER XX
- A MISSING FAMILY
- CHAPTER XXI
- OLD CAPTAIN'S NEWS
- CHAPTER XXII
- ROGER'S RAZOR
- CHAPTER XXIII
- A NEW FRIEND FOR JEANNE
- CHAPTER XXIV
- MOLLIE'S BABIES
- CHAPTER XXV
- THE HOUSE OF DREAMS
- CHAPTER XXVI
- A PADLOCKED DOOR
- CHAPTER XXVII
- THE PINK PRESENT
- A MONTH LATER
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