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100 1 _aMcClung, Nellie L.,
_d1873-1951
245 1 0 _aSowing Seeds in Danny
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2003
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2003-08-01
508 _aProduced by University of Pennsylvania project "A Celebration of Women Writers" and by Gardner Buchanan. HTML version by Al Haines.
520 _a"Sowing Seeds in Danny" by Nellie L. McClung is a novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story is centered around the lives of two contrasting families in a small Manitoba town—the well-to-do Mrs. Burton Francis and her husband, and the struggling Watson family, particularly focusing on the young boy, Danny. The novel explores themes of motherhood, community, and social dynamics against the backdrop of rural life. At the start of the narrative, we are introduced to Mrs. Francis, a woman brimming with lofty ideals about motherhood and social improvement. She engages with Mrs. Watson, a weary mother of nine children, expressing concern for the family and sharing her ideas on child-rearing from a book she has been reading. Meanwhile, young Danny Watson, just four years old, is caught up in the innocence of childhood, stirring with imaginative conversations and interactions with his siblings. As the story unfolds, we see the touching and comedic contrasts between the privileged lives of the Francises and the harsh realities of the Watsons, setting the stage for rich character development and social commentary throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aCanada -- Fiction
653 _aFamilies -- Fiction
653 _aPrairies -- Fiction
653 _aImmigrants -- Manitoba -- Fiction
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4376
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