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1Concerning Cats: My Own and Some Others

By Helen M. Winslow

"I have known, and loved, and studied many cats, but my knowledge of her (Pretty Lady, a cat) alone would convince me that cats love people--in their dignified, reserved way, and when they feel that their love is not wasted; that they reason, and that they seldom act from impulse."<br/><br/> The thoughts of Helen Winslow, a thoughtful and articulate cat friend, about the cats in her life. (Summary by Karen Merline)

Mourt's Relation is an account of the first year of the Plymouth Colony who arrived in Massachusetts, and is one of two books used as primary sources about the first Thanksgiving. The other is William Bradford's "Of Plimoth Plantation". - Summary by progressingamerica

3Katie Robertson

By Margaret Winslow

Katie Robertson is a tale of a girl who takes on factory work as a means of assisting her widowed mother. The novel introduces the reader to a variety of topics of the day in the late 19th century in the USA for young Christian people and the temptations in the wider world: the problems associated with alcohol and the temperance movement, the dignity in work, the freedoms afforded to immigrants. One particular character's temptation and its subsequent impact weaves through the story with ever increasing suspense. A moral book, the inhabitants of Squantown are introduced to advance the story, but also to provide specific behavioral lessons for young people of the age. Katie's story is continued in a second book, Three Years at Glenwood, where Katie attends school in a larger city where she faces greater temptations. (Summary by John Biebel)