Douglas W. Gorsline

Adventures in Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer's school for boys; a place of light, warmth, comfort, and delights; where self-knowledge and self-control are acquired along with book learning.

"'Twas the night before Christmas when all through the houseNot a creature was stirring, not even a mouse... The scene is set for a magical Christmas Eve and one of the best-loved Christmas stories of all time. Clement C. Moore first read this timeless poem to his young children on Christmas Eve in 1822. It was published anonymously in a New York newspaper the following year and quickly spread around the world, becoming a cherished Christmas tradition...

Describes the life of the cowboys in the old West, how they ate, slept, dressed, tamed horses, drove cattle, lived on the trail, and spent their leisure time.

The American success story of F.W. Woolworth, who with his idea for a ten-cent store, built a merchandising empire in the late 1800s