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This edition of The Corner Stone by Margaret Hill McCarter has been annotated to include:-- biographical information and historical context relating to the author;-- biographical information on the illustrator;-- a timeline of events relevant to the author's life and to events of the story; -- maps providing geographic setting and context, with references to online resources; and-- a brief introduction, summary and critique of the work.Originally published in 1915, The Corner Stone is a sweet, plainspoken story set in Kansas in the early 1900's. In it, we meet Edith Grannell, a young woman orphaned at an early age and abandoned to boarding school by her wealthy uncle, Samson Grannell. Edith’s uncle is more interested in prosperity than family, but fortunes are changing for him and his neighbors. Grannell calls Edith back to the family farm with a plot in mind to increase his acreage and his wealth. The author, Margaret Hill McCarter, has given us a character in Edith who is a strong, self-assured, independent young woman. We discover that Edith is compassionate and caring despite having received scarce compassion or affection from her only living relative, her uncle. On returning to her uncle's farm, Edith recalls being sent away as a child, and the goodbye kiss from her only friend growing up, Homer Helm. The tenderness of the recollection conveys the loneliness that was her life: "The memory of that good-bye kiss had been a sacred possession in the poverty of a loveless childhood." However, while she was away at boarding school, Homer, it would seem, has grown up to be something other than the kind-hearted boy she remembers. From there the story unfolds. At first encounter, it might seem surprising to find such a strong, independent female protagonist in a story of this era. However, considering the conditions of the time, and the life of the author, perhaps it should not be a surprise to find McCarter’s protagonist to be a young woman of such strength. In addition to being a wife and homemaker, Margaret Hill McCarter was a successful author, having published numerous short stories, pamphlets, and books. She was also active in the community and in politics. McCarter had the distinction of being the first woman to speak at a national political convention, specifically, the Republican National Convention of 1920, two months before the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment acknowledging women's right to vote. As many casual students of history are aware, suffragette members of the militant National Woman's Party protested the Convention; what may be overlooked are the efforts of women like Margaret Hill McCarter who worked from within the system to help achieve the same goal. McCarter wrote of life in Kansas in the late 1800’s and early 1900's with directness and fondness, providing modern readers an authentic, plainspoken view of American history in the years of settlement and homesteading following the Civil War. Her body of work – the stories she wrote and her activities in the community and politics – make publication of The Corner Stone an appropriate choice to be the first in the "Quiet Voices" series -- rediscovered works from historical authors whose voices may be newly appreciated by contemporary readers.

The 8th printing bound in stiff decorated brown cardboard wrappers. Color frontis & b&w line illustrations by J. Allen St. John, 100 pages. A Nearly Fine copy of this gift book in the original cardboard box. The fragile book is clean, bright & unworn but has short seam tear near the bottom edge of the spine.. The gift box is VG with light rubbing at the corners. A very nice copy & scarce thus.

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This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Excerpt from The Corner StoneIt came into her eyes this morning as she took in the passing View. It was not her first sight of the prairies. The hap piest part of her orphaned childhood had been spent on her uncle's ranch in the West, and now he had written to her to come again for a summer's visit to this place of cherished memory.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

We may build more splendid habitations, Fill our rooms with paintings and with sculpture, But we cannot Buy with gold the old associations. LONGFELLOW. 1XTAY air, shot through with gladsome morning light, overhung all the prairies, swathing the brow of old Pawnee Rock with a diaphanous veil filmy and fine as the draperies the master painters once drew about the shoulders of rare old Madonnas. Wide away the landscape stretches in lengths of shimmering green checked across by flat brown roadways, and melting at last into a mist of lavendergray. The only break in all this level realm is Pawnee Rock grand old citadel of the Plains, upreared in its majes tic loneliness the watch tower of the prairies through, uncounted centuries. The westbound Santa Fe train was swinging away down its shining trail of steel, its coil of silvery smoke untwisting behind it. In the observation car Edith Grannell watched the land waves roll by with face aglow.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the Publisher Forgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles of historically important writings. Careful attention has been made to accurately preserve the original format of each page whilst digitally enhancing the aged text. Read books online for free at

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Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2019 with the help of original edition published long back [1915]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - eng, Pages 121. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.}