Heroes of the Middle West The French

Mary Hartwell Catherwood (1847-1902) was an American Writer of romantic historical novels and short stories. Her regional short stories are rich with details of speech, emotions and incidents of the times. Among her most famous works are: A Woman in Armor (1875), Old Caravan Days (1884), The Secrets at Roseladies (1888), The Romance of Dollard (1889), The Story of Tonty (1890), The Lady of Fort St. John (1891), Old Kaskaskia (1893), The Chase of Saint-Castin and Other Stories of the French in the New World (1894), The Spirit of an Illinois Town (1897), Heroes of the Middle West: The French (1898), Spanish Peggy (1899), Mackinac and Lake Stories (1899) and Lazarre (1901).