Best Selling Books by Dorothy Canfield Fisher

A small and timid girl discovers her own abilities and the world around her when she goes to live with relatives on a farm in Vermont.

An American family in small Vermont village.

What Shall We Do Now? by Dorothy Canfield Fisher is an interesting collection of games for adults and children. Fisher''s games are interesting in that they instill a sense of know-how in young children as preparation for the broader world. Excerpt: "u200bu200bIn the following pages, which have something to say concerning most of the situations in which children find themselves, at home or in the country, out of doors or in, alone or in the company, a variety of answers will be found. No subject can be said to be exhausted, but the book is perhaps large enough. Everything which it contains has been indexed so clearly that a reader ought to be able to find what he wants in a moment."

Understood Betsy is a 1916 novel for children by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Originally published in 1917, this novel follows the adventure of Elizabeth Ann, an orphan who leaves a privileged urban lifestyle with her cousin to live with the Putney''s on a Vermont farm. Elizabeth Ann, nicknamed Betsy, lives with her father''s aunt, Harriet, who expects her to lead a very sheltered life. When she is sent to live with her mother''s family, on a farm in Vermont, she is then expected to do many of the chores that Harriet had thought too demanding of a little girl. Betsy discovers her own abilities and gains a new perception of the world around her. Dorothy Canfield Fisher (1879 – 1958) was an educational reformer, social activist, and best-selling American author in the early decades of the twentieth century. She strongly supported women''s rights, racial equality, and lifelong education. She was named by Eleanor Roosevelt as one of the ten most influential women in the United States.

Two essays and eleven short stories from a 1930s novelist who wrote on a variety of subjects, from war to the lot of the black man. In An American Citizen, a black man leaves America for another country to escape the humiliation he suffers, Through Pity and Terror is a war story set in France on a woman whose home is invaded by German soldiers, and in the title story the protagonist finally wins recognition as an artist.

Novel describes the problems of a family in which husband and wife are oppressed and frustrated by the roles that they are expected to play. Evangeline Knapp is the ideal housekeeper, while her husband, Lester is a poet and a dreamer. Suddenly, through a nearly fatal accident, their roles are reversed; Lester is confined to home in a wheelchair and his wife must work to support the family. The changes that take place between husband and wife and between parents and children are handled in a contemporary manner.

When her best-selling novels made her the chief breadwinner in her marriage, her husband, John Fisher, assumed the role of secretary and editor of her work. Fluent in five languages, Dorothy Canfield Fisher founded a Braille press in France and introduced the educational methods of Dr. Maria Montessori to the United States. She became a pioneering advocate of adult education and served as the first woman on the Vermont Board of Education. In letters to friends, fans, and colleagues, Fisher discussed her homelife, her work, and the world around her. Her passions and concerns - revealed in her correspondence with wit and poignancy - include the "New Woman" and the suffrage movement, racial discrimination and the emergence of the NAACP the development of a national education system, two world wars, the depression, and the influence of book clubs in the literary marketplace.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Rough-Hewn" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Life of a school teacher.

Mary Bascomb, a perfectionist who specializes in ordering other people''s lives, is shocked into reexamining her ideals when her idolized son marries and brings to their home a cheap, vulgar girl. After their daughter, Dids, is born, Mary fights for Dids to free her from her mother''s influence. By the end of the novel, Dids has grown up to be a fine young woman on her way to the university, and Mary has gained the maturity she needs to be a friend to her son''s wife.

A small Vermont town faces a referendum on the place of human decency in a changing, troubled world.

This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Home Fires in France" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Early Stories of Dorothy Canfield - edited and with an introduction by Ida H. Washington. Long before American author Dorothy Canfield (1879-1958) won popularity and international acclaim with novels and short stories about social problems, she was writing essays and short stories in school notebooks. These early writings were never published but were kept in the archives of the University of Vermont. For scholars of American literature the early stories are important as foreshadowing of the mature author''s narrative skill. For the general reader they are charming little sketches from the various environments that contributed a rich and diverse background to the experience of the mature author. Two narratives come from the years Dorothy spent in Paris with her artist mother Flavia Canfield. Two others are from rural Vermont, where Dorothy spent childhood summers with her fathers relatives. One is built on an early awareness of the human problems often hidden in larger historical events, in this case, the American Civil War. Critical material by Canfield biographer Ida H. Washington sets the stories in their historical and biographical context. Available from Cherry TreeBooks - $8.00 plus shipping.

Portrays the writing of the Declaration of Independence and the formation of the Constitution through the eyes of one Philadelphia family.

DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Elementary Composition" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher, George R. Carpenter. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

"Hillsboro People" by Dorothy Canfield Fisher. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Originally published: Chicago: W.E. Richardson Co., 1913.