The Story of Carol Kennicott in Gopher Prairie
Carol Kennicott leaves Minnesota for the small town Gopher Prairie with her physician husband Will Kennicott. She seeks reform and lively social life, struggles with town parlor politics, while adapting to winter hardships and unknown social tides as she tries to fit in and spark change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Milford
Minnesota
Northweret
Paul Hibrary
Will Kennicott
Prairiea
Kennicott
Gopher Prairie
Cara
Sorenson
McLark
Garot
Gopher
Lark
Ymnie Watherspoon
Ron Ton
Vida Sherwin
Vida
Llock
Portie
Pollock Rel
Sero
Sam Clark
Mr. Dawson
Stowbody
Miles Bjornam
Demta
Lyman
Finn
Lost Lake
Thead Qwede
Gen- Gopher Prairie
Miles Wnetarm
Miles Bijorni
Calla
Harry Haydock
Chet Dashaway
A Wigglefin Creature Blowy Fails To Stay Afloat
The twins follow Blowy Balloon-Fish and sea gulls as they witness a strange wigglefin being claim wind power. Blowy explains his fifty fifty nature and flying swim ability before vanishing under the waves as a cliffhanger ends the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blowy
Steen
Lop Lobater
Nick
Nancy
A Pocket Full of Rocks and a West Coast Governing Idea
In a memory of early Oregon and Fort Vancouver, a father explains how communities form leaders and governments. He recalls Dr. McLoughlin, the 1843 provisional government, and the struggle to mint coins for a growing settlement as young David learns about money and authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daddy
David
Old
Oregon
McLoughlin
Fort Vancouver
Hudson's Bay Fur Trading Post
United States
Dr. McLoughlin
When a Woman Tells by Ruth Agnes Abeling
A woman narrates her awakening to a changed world as her lover Tom lies gone. She reflects on love, honesty, and selfhood, then confronts a new, unsettling crisis as a stenographer reveals Philip Ames has killed himself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Agnes Abeling
John Ames
Margaret Howard
Philip Ames
Mr. Ames
Jolly Seventeen Bridge Club Expands in Gopher Prairie
Carol joins the Jolly Seventeen, a social club of married women in the Iowa town, where weekly afternoon bridge and monthly husbandly evenings foster status. Tensions arise as old friends question her fit and the town teems with dances and party chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Dr. Kennicott
Jolly Seventeen
Gopher Prairie
Country Club
St. Cecilia
Ritz Oval Room
Club de Vingt
Thanatopsis Study Club
Thanatopsis
Jolly
I. O. O. F. Hall
Ella Stowbody
Harry Haydock
Terry Gould
Juanita Haydock
Juanita
Dave Dyer
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BY Allman
Carol Kennicott
Sinclair Lewis
Harcourt, Brace & Howe, Inc
Land & Gould's Grocery
Bea
Cahil & Oleson
Howland & Gould's
Widow Bogart
Chet Dash
Howland
St. Paul
Goonie
Danny
Freckles
BY Blosser
Ae Nours
Everett True
BY Ahern
Nouve
Berzog
WERE
Mitch Her
SED
SDPW
Yellin
Effie Church
Miss Herzog
Flapper
Mrs. Ames
Tom
Lila
Mrs. Eider
Rita Simons
Brigtt's
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