Willow Pollen

Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964Project Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

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Word count: 52K words
Chapters: 6

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Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Willow Pollen by Jeannette Augustus MarksAuthor: Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964,Language: English, Class: PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature, Release Date: Sep 20, 2016

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Willow Pollen is a literary work by the American author Jeannette Augustus Marks, classified under American and Canadian literature and released as a free eBook by Project Gutenberg. As a work by an early twentieth-century woman writer, it carries the language texture of the prose and narrative of that era, and is suitable for readers curious about non-mainstream authors in the English literary lineage as extended reading. The available information does not detail its length or genre, so it is best approached as an open literary exploration: read its language and observe its materials and perspective without presupposing a plot direction. For researchers, the book can serve as a sample of the American literature category in the Project Gutenberg catalog, useful for examining the preservation and dissemination of early digitized public-domain texts. For everyday reading, it suits slow reading in quiet moments, with notes recording impressions.

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Marks, Jeannette Augustus, 1875-1964 Author

Jeannette Augustus Marks (1875–1964) was an American writer active in the first half of the twentieth century; public information about her life and education is limited. Six of her works are held in this collection, covering a fairly wide range of subjects. These include Early English Hero Tales, a collection of early English heroic stories for readers, A Girl's Student Days and After, essays on a girl's experience of study and growing up, and Vacation Camping for Girls, a practical guide to camping in the outdoors. Her writing was clearly aimed at young readers and girls, and she often told stories and shared experience in a warm, lively style that was both informative and encouraging. Other works, such as Through Welsh Doorways, The Cheerful Cricket and Others and Willow Pollen, show her interest in essays, fairy tales and nature themes. Overall, her accessible and gentle writing enriched the reading material and educational literature for young people and girls of her time.