Main Street: The Story of Carol Kennicott in Gopher Prairie
Carol Kennicott faces insistent social scrutiny in a small town. Neighbors gossip about her clothes, manners, and marital decisions as Cy Bogart and other youths mock and spy on her. Her isolation grows amid the town’s prying, moralizing chatter and harsh judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Axel Egge
Gopher Prairie
Bogart
Dyer
Rosebud
Tillie McGuire
Dr. Kennicott
Cy Bogart
Fi Laydock
Cyrus N. Bogart
Kennicott
Charivaris
Kennicott House
Mrs. Kennicott
Juanita
Hart
Nicott
Deedie¢Dee
Earl
Cap'n Pennywinkle Aids Whale Facing Shark Plot
Nick finds a bottle and Mr. Cuttlefish fills it with ink for a plan to deter sharks threatening a huge whale. Cap'n Pennywinkle directs the scene aboard the Fairy Queen's Palace as Nick, Nancy, and crew assist in a marine adventure unfolding in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennywinkle
Fairy Queen's Palace
Mr. Whale
Nick
Nancy
Cuttie
Fairyman
Mr. Cuttlefish
Mr. Grouchy Grumpalong
Seattle Stas
Grandmother Recites Trek Narrative From 1845 Pioneers
Grandmother reads a manuscript about Ben, a seven member pioneer family who left Minnesota for Oregon. They meet a Californian recruiter at Fort Hall who promises aid and land under a Spanish grant. The tale follows the journey across plains toward the Sierra Nevada with buffalo warnings and planned support.
When a Woman Tells
Ruth Agnes Abeling presents a dramatic scene as Mrs. Philip Ames, calm and poised, guides the narrator through a private office where Ames has died by his own hand. Officers, a coroner, and an undertaker arrive while Mrs. Ames chooses her hotel and brother’s home for the body. To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carol
Mrs. McGanem
Mrs. Dyer
Vida Sherwin
Con
Juanita Haydock
Ruth Agnes Abeling
Gorensen
Philip Ames
Lila
Mrs. Philip Ames
Mrs. Ames
John Ames
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MAIN
Carol Kennicott
Sinclair Lewis
Harcourt, Grace & Howe, Inc
Howland
Ludermeyer
Jenson
Jene
Howland & Gould
Gould
Harry
Earl Haydock
Vida
Karl
Doc Kenn Eott
BY Allman
Tom
MR. Strong
Oldtimer
Howdy
MR. Buck
Arnica
Freckles
BY Blosser
TY Hair
Cony
Mair ON
Looky Pop
Everett True
Central
WLC
Sar
Ussy
BY Ahern
TNS
Beng
Mars
Miss Fisher
Bolkck
Grandmother
Pegry
Peesy
Mother Gear
David
Plains
Ben
Minos
Old Oregon
Fort Hal
California
John Sutter
Fort
West Coast
Sutter
Sierra Nevadas
Sacramento Valley
Scottie Star
Seattle Star
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