The Grandmothers
by Glenway Wescott
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About this eBook
- Author
- Wescott, Glenway, 1901-1987
- Title
- The grandmothers : A family portrait
- Original Publication
- New York: Harper & Brothers, 1927.
- Credits
- Sean (@parchmentglow)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
- Subject
- Wisconsin -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 79489
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/79489
- Release Date
- September 1, 2026
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE GRANDMOTHERS
- 2.CONTENTS
- 3.A Memorandum for the guidance of The Reader
- 4.1. Introduction: Alwyn Tower as a Small Boy. The House. His Grandmother Tower’s Keepsakes
- 5.2. Alwyn’s Knowledge of America and His Family
- 6.3. His Grandfather Tower’s Character. A Fragment of Autobiography. The Rest of His Life
- 7.4. His Grandmother Tower’s Girlhood. Her Soldier Sweetheart. Her Marriage
- 8.5. His Great-Aunt Mary Harris. Her Life and Travels
- 9.6. His Great-Aunt Nancy Tower’s Unhappiness
- 10.7. His Great-Uncle Leander Tower’s Return. The Adoption of Timothy Davis
- 11.8. The Dead. His Grandmother’s Final Grief. The Photograph Albums — Laura-Belle Barry — Mr. Sam Peters and wife, born Melissa Duff — Cousin Matie Share — Captain Ed Hawks — Josh Arbuckle — Baltus Valentine — Mr. Peter Greeley — Mr. Homer O’Sullivan — Mr. Eli Williamson — Mr. and Mrs. Ebenezer Bolt — Mr. Jim Hallow, Mr. Solomon Royce, Mr. Peters, Mr. John James, etc. — Mrs. Sam Goodwin — Uncle Peter Barlow — Mr. and Mrs. A. Rollo — A boy whose name had been forgotten.
- 12.9. His Uncle Jim, the Minister, as a Young Man
- 13.10. His Mother’s Girlhood and Marriage
- 14.11. His Father. His Uncle Jim’s Later Life. The Religious Faith of the Family
- 15.12. His Uncle Evan, the Deserter
- 16.13. His Aunt Flora
- 17.14. His Maternal Grandparents, Ira and Ursula Duff
- 18.15. Conclusion: Another Moving. His Grandmother Tower’s Deathbed.
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