The Sturdy Oak

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At a certain committee meeting held in the spring of 1916, it was agreed that fourteen leading American authors, known to be extremely generous as well as gifted, should be asked to write a composite novel.

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Third, to have the novel finished and published serially during the autumn Campaign of 1917.

The carrying out of these requirements has not been the childish diversion it may have seemed. Splendid team work, however, has made success possible.

Every author represented, every worker on the team, has gratuitously contributed his or her services; and every dollar realized by the serial and book publication of "The Sturdy Oak" will be devoted to the Suffrage Cause. But the novel itself is first of all a very human story of American life today. It neither unduly nor unfairly emphasizes the question of equal suffrage, and it should appeal to all lovers of good fiction. (Summary from the preface)

Genre(s): Culture & Heritage Fiction, General Fiction

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Preface & Principal Characters Snapdragon
00:05:11
Play 01 Chapter 1 by Samuel Merwin (1874-1936) Snapdragon
00:27:42
Play 02 Chapter 2 by Harry Leon Wilson (1867-1939) Mike Pelton
00:27:47
Play 03 Chapter 3 by Fannie Hurst (1889-1968) Snapdragon
00:18:37
Play 04 Chapter 4 by Dorothy Canfield (1879-1958) Bellona Times
00:23:47
Play 05 Chapter 5 by Kathleen Norris (1880-1966) Amanda Friday
00:22:08
Play 06 Chapter 6 by Henry Kitchell Webster (1875-1932) Mike Pelton
00:30:58
Play 07 Chapter 7 by Anne O'Hagan (1869-1934) Amanda Friday
00:24:22
Play 08 Chapter 8 by Mary Heaton Vorse (1874-1966) Amy Gramour
00:17:32
Play 09 Chapter 9 by Alice Duer Miller (1874-1942) Snapdragon
00:18:45
Play 10 Chapter 10 by Ethel Watts Mumford (1878-1940) MaryAnn
00:34:16
Play 11 Chapter 11 by Marjorie Benton Cook (1876-1920) Mike Pelton
00:26:51
Play 12 Chapter 12 by William Allen White (1868-1944) TriciaG
00:26:09
Play 13 Chapter 13 by Mary Austin (1868-1934) Snapdragon
00:28:21
Play 14 Chapter 14 by Leroy Scott (1875-1929) TriciaG
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