Adventures of Mary Jane
"In his classic work Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain briefly introduces "Mary Jane, the red-headed one." In no time Mary Jane becomes the girl Huck thinks about "a many and a many million times." Now author Hope Jahren has created for Mary Jane a life as vivid and compelling as Huck's. Th...
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New York :
Delacorte Press,
2024.
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Table of Contents:
- Prologue
- Chapter I
- The Fire
- Starting Over
- Next-Best Everything
- Chapter II
- Who I Am, Anyway
- Chapter III
- An Old Rascal, and a New One
- A Visit from Father Potatoes
- In Which I Am Not Myself
- Chapter IV
- Back to Work
- On the Red River Trail
- A Family Picnic
- Chapter V
- A Happy Reunion
- Letter from Aunt Evelyn
- Evening Prayer
- A Yellow Dress, a Green One, and a Pink
- A Night at Fort Snelling
- The First Goodbye
- Chapter VI
- Aboard the Minnesota Belle
- Very Different Country
- A Change of Plans
- Chapter VII
- The Strangest-Looking Woman I Ever Saw
- In Which I Purchase a Second Ticket
- Striking a Bargain
- Chapter VIII
- Aboard the Galenian
- Robert Fulton
- At the Helm
- Confidences
- Chapter IX
- On the Mississippi
- Trouble Coming
- Putting into Port
- In Which I Am Very Useful
- Questions and Answers
- Good Luck and Farewell
- Chapter X
- Friends and Relatives
- A Full Basket for an Empty Pantry
- Meeting Uncle George
- Ida's Daughter
- Making Do
- Chapter XI
- Two Queens and a Rabbit
- My Family
- Unbelievers
- On the Mend
- My Me
- Chapter XII
- Standing By
- Queen of the Comb
- A Turn of Fortune
- Chapter XIII
- Monday, Tuesday
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
- Rocky Ground
- Chapter XIV
- Keeping Watch
- Words to Live By
- My Witness
- Chapter XV
- Homecoming
- Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust
- All Sorted Out
- Chapter XVI
- An Unfriendly Conversation
- The Trial
- The Inheritance
- Another Goodbye
- Chapter XVII
- A Familiar Face
- The Honest Truth
- Finding Our Place
- A New Friend
- A Good, Smart, Strong, Capable Boy
- Listening Good
- Chapter XVIII
- The Teller of Tall Tales
- Lesson on the Riverbank
- Your You
- A Day in Memphis
- All Good Gifts
- Moving On
- Lesson on the Deck
- Chapter XIX
- Goodbye and Hello
- A Short Detour
- La Douce Tannerie d'Wilks
- Peter Wilks's Property
- The Story of a Quick-Sale
- Cold Nose, Warm Heart
- Chapter XX
- A Room of My Own
- Yorksheer Ways
- Off to Bed
- A Taste of Home
- Chapter XXI
- My Part
- Second Thoughts
- A Trip into Town
- In Which My Kind Offer Is Refused
- Murder in the Afternoon
- Chapter XXII
- The Peddler
- A Strange Invention
- Under the Weather
- Chapter XXIII
- In Which the World Falls Apart
- Girls Seeking Safety
- An Urgent Message
- Sheltering in Place
- The Answer
- Chapter XXIV
- An Unexpected Proposal
- My One and Only Chance
- On the Road
- Unafraid
- A New Plan
- The House-Call
- Doing Poorly
- Chapter XXV
- My First Dilemma
- The Cure
- My Second Dilemma
- Chapter XXVI
- The Next Day
- My Answer
- Taking Care of My Own
- Witch-Craft
- Getting Better
- Chapter XXVII
- My Best Plan Yet
- A Second Homecoming
- Introductions
- Th' Oyle Down th' Ginnel
- Friend or Foe?
- The Vigil
- Chapter XXVIII
- A Mitzvah
- The Funeral
- Early Birds
- Chapter XXIX
- Thoughts Before Leaving
- A Surprise Visitor
- The River Calls
- Chapter XXX
- Moving Fast
- Two Good Men
- Taking Our Leave
- Laid to Rest
- Chapter XXXI
- Smooth Sailing
- Just Rewards
- Better-Laid Plans
- A Parting of Ways
- Chapter XXXII
- A Tolerable Poor Boy
- Into the Fog
- Two Travelers
- Chapter XXXIII
- Evangeline
- McDougal's Cave
- The Real Thing
- Easy Climbing
- Chapter The Last
- A Dream Nursed in Darkness.
