A Summer in a Canyon: A California Story
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About This Book
When Elizabeth travels to California to spend the summer with her botanist uncle, she doesn't expect to fall in love with the rugged beauty of the canyon where he works. But as she learns more about the local flora and fauna, she finds herself drawn into a world of adventure and discovery. This classic novel is perfect for lovers of nature, travel, and coming-of-age stories. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other...
Chapters (20)
- A Summer in a Cañon
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I PREPARATION AND DEPARTURE
- CHAPTER II THE JOURNEY
- CHAPTER III LIFE IN THE CAÑON—THE HEIR APPARENT LOSES HIMSELF
- CHAPTER IV RHYME AND REASON
- I. From the Countess Paulina Olivera to her Friend and Confidante , the Lady Elsie Howard . [100a]
- II. From Philip to Elsie.
- III. The Knight of the Spectacles takes the Quill.
- IV. Margery’s Contribution.
- V. The Camp Poetess adds her Store of Mental Riches to the General Fund.
- VI.
- CHAPTER V THE FOREST OF ARDEN—GOOD NEWS
- CHAPTER VI QUEEN ELSIE VISITS THE COURT
- CHAPTER VII POLLY’S BIRTHDAY: FIRST HALF IN WHICH SHE REJOICES AT THE MERE FACT OF HER EXISTENCE
- CHAPTER VIII POLLY’S BIRTHDAY: SECOND HALF
- CHAPTER IX ROUND THE CAMP-FIRE
- CHAPTER X MORE CAMP-FIRE STORIES
- CHAPTER XI BREAKING CAMP
- FOOTNOTES.
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