A Summer in a Canyon

Subscribe for ad free access & additional features for teachers. Authors: 267, Books: 3,607, Poems & Short Stories: 4,435, Forum Members: 71,154, Forum Posts: 1,238,602, Quizzes: 344 Scene and Characters SCENE: A Camping Ground in the Canyon Las Flores. PEOPLE IN THE TENTS. DR. PAUL WINSHIP Mine Host MRS. TRUTH WINSHIP The Guardian Angel DICKY WINSHIP A Small Scamp of Six Years BELL WINSHIP The Camp Poetess POLLY OLIVER A Sweet but Saucy Lass MARGERY NOBLE A Nut-Brown Mayde PHILIP NOBLE The Useful Member GEOFFREY STRONG A Harvard Boy JACK HOWARD Prince of Mischief HOP YET A Heathen Chinee. PANCHO GUTIERREZ A Mexican man-of-all-work. About Kate Douglas Wiggin Text Summary Scene and Characters Ch. I: Preparation and Departure Ch. II: The Journey Ch. III: Life in the Canyon--the Heir Apparent Loses Himself Ch. IV: Rhyme and Reason Ch. V: The Forest of Arden--Good News Ch. VI: Queen Elsie Visits the Court Ch. VII: Polly's Birthday: First Half in Which She Rejoices at the Mere Fact Ch. VIII: Polly's Birthday: Second Half in Which She Wishes She Had Never Be Ch. IX: Round the Camp-Fire Ch. X: More Camp-Fire Stories Ch. XI: Breaking Camp Sorry, no summary available yet. Art of Worldly Wisdom Daily In the 1600s, Balthasar Gracian, a jesuit priest wrote 300 aphorisms on living life called "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." Join our newsletter below and read them all, one at a time. Sonnet-a-Day Newsletter Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets! Join our Sonnet-A-Day Newsletter and read them all, one at a time.