Books with author Amanda Minnie Douglas

It was a late September evening, at least the day had waned. All the west still held the peculiar rich glow of a magnificent sunset that had melted now into one great sheet of softened tints, with no one distinct color predominating, and changing every instant. Over the great lake it dropped iridescent hues, and even the river, with its muddy banks, shimmered in a glorified light. And I, Norman Hayne, sat idly outside the log end of the house, that was our real living place, though the frame addition had been added, for we had long ago outgrown the other. There was a rude porch over the door, where the Michigan rose rioted in the early summer, and morning-glories later on. Beyond this was a bench with a pail, one or two basins and a dishpan piled with dishes, where my mother would presently stand, washing up.

'A Little Girl in Old Chicago' is the ninth book in 'A Little Girl' series, by Amanda M. Douglas. It is the story of seven-year-old Ruth Gaynor, who travelled with her father from Massachusetts to Chicago, once their farm became rocky, and unusable. Mr. Gaynor wanted to get a wheat farm, as he claimed that bread would never be out of fashion.Ruth and her father quickly become acquainted with their new friends, and neighbours. Ruth begins to thrive in her new environment, befriending the local kids, as she goes to school, and works on her father's farm. The novel is the story of how Ruth grows from being a young girl, to a young woman. Ruth has to nagivate the intricacies of dating, and marriage, as she pines for her neighbour, an older boy named Norman.

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