Carroll Watson Rankin: 2 books

Fall into a bygone world with The Cinder Pond from celebrated juvenile fiction author Carroll Watson Rankin. Set in Michigan, the novel follows protagonist Jeannette Huntington Duval as she leaves her struggling family to live with affluent relatives for several years. Will she be able to bridge the...

"We'll leave it just where it stands," the church wardens had said, many years previously. "It's precisely the right size for Doctor and Mrs. Gunn, for they would rather have a small house than a large one. When they leave us and we are selecting another clergyman, we'll try to get...