The Pearl of Orr's IslandOrr's Island, located on the coast of Maine in the town of Harpswell, is the setting for Harriet Beecher Stowe's heart-warming fictional account of the people who lived there. Stowe based her thrifty, honest, practical, and God-fearing characters on real Mainers she knew while she and her husband, who was a teacher at Bowdoin College, lived in Brunswick, Maine. She also wrote her most famous book, Uncle Tom's Cabin, in their Brunswick home. |
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The Pearl of Orr's Island: A Story of the Coast of Maine - Large Print Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2020 |
The Pearl of Orr's Island, a Story of the Coast of Maine Harriet Beecher Stowe No preview available - 2015 |
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