Title: A White Heron
Title Record # 98570
Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
Date: 1886-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
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Author: Sarah Orne Jewett
Date: 1886-00-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English
Note:
Published in The White Heron and Other Stories, "18[?]mo, pp. 254. Gilt top. Houghton, Mifflin & Co. $1.25".
The quoted listing is from "Books of the Month", ''The Dial'' 1886-10 p138 under "Fiction--Humor", a complete list of new books received during September by Chicago publisher-wholesaler A.C. McClurg & Co.
LCCN 07009732 links digital copies at HathiTrust; one copy from University of Michigan is dated 1886.
The speculative part of the story is that after Sylvia (note the name: "of the woods") has another transformative sight of the heron, she finds to her own surprise that she literally can't speak to tell anyone about it.
Synopsis: Sylvia loves the natural world of her Maine home. So she's troubled when a young hunter comes and says he wants to shoot the wonderful white heron she's seen in the marshes. But since she has a crush on him, and he's offering a lot of money for her to guide him, she climbs to the top of a vey tall tree to try to spot the heron.
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| Title | Date | Author/Editor | Publisher/Pub. Series | ISBN/Catalog ID | Price | Pages | Format | Type | Cover Artist | Verif |
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| Eco-Fiction | 1971-04-00 | ed. John Stadler | Washington Square Press | 0-671-47845-1 | $0.95?$: US dollar |
xii+ 211 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Michael Eagle |  |
| Authors' Choice 2 | 1973-10-18 | ed. Joan Aiken | Hamish Hamilton | 0-241-02335-1 | Ł2.20?Ł: UK pound |
viii+ 246 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Krystyna Turska | |
| Authors' Choice 2 | 1974-00-00 | ed. Joan Aiken | Thomas Y. Crowell | 0-690-00313-7 | $6.95?$: US dollar |
viii+ 246 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Krystyna Turska | |
Galaktika 30: Tudományos-fantasztikus antológia?Galaktika 30: Tudomanyos-fantasztikus antologia Galaktika 30: Tudomaanyos-fantasztikus antoloogia |
1978-00-00 |
ed.
Kuczka Péter?Kuczka, Peter |
Kozmosz Könyvek?Kozmosz Konyvek |
IF 3317 - e - 7880 | Ft 12?Ft: Hungarian forint |
127 | pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | Rudolf Hausner | |
| Fiction 100: An Anthology of Short Stories | 1988-00-00 | ed. James H. Pickering | Macmillan | 0-02-395541-4 |
ix+ 1533 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Tom Tomson | |
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| Fictions: Second Edition | 1989-00-00 | ed. C. Wade Jennings, Joseph F. Trimmer | Harcourt Brace Jovanovich | 0-15-527326-4 |
xi+ 1230 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Bernard Faucon | ||
| The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow | 1994-00-00 | ed. Thomas K. Parkes | State Street Press | 0-681-64687-X |
xvii+ 1003 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | |||
| The American Short Story: A Treasury of the Memorable and Familiar by the Great American Writers from Washington Irving to Saul Bellow | 1994-00-00 | ed. Thomas K. Parkes | Galahad Books | 0-88365-873-9 |
xvii+ 1003 |
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
anth | Winslow Homer | ||
| Great Short Stories by American Women | 1996-02-00 | Candace Ward | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-28776-9 | 192 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | |||
| Great American Short Stories | 2002-07-23 | ed. Paul Negri | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 0-486-42119-8 | $3.50?$: US dollar |
vi+ 248 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |
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| American Short Stories | 2007-10-14 | ed. Bert Hitchcock, Margaret Kouidis | Pearson Longman | 0-321-48489-4 | 768 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
| The Story and Its Writer: An Introduction to Short Fiction | 2011-00-00 | ed. Ann Charters | Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press | 978-0-312-59624-8 |
xx+ 1168 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Helen Berggruen | |
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| The Vintage Book of American Women Writers | 2011-01-00 | ed. Elaine Showalter | Vintage Books | 978-1-4000-3445-1 | $18.95?$: US dollar |
xix+ 822 |
tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |
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| The Vintage Book of American Women Writers | 2011-01-11 | ed. Elaine Showalter | Vintage Books | 978-0-307-74496-8 | $11.99?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| Great Short Stories by Great American Writers | 2011-06-00 | Thomas Fasano | Coyote Canyon Press | 978-0-9821298-7-6 | 412 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
coll | George Inness | ||
| Pine Tree Pioneers: 20 Tales of Early Mainers | 2012-00-00 | ed. Charles G. Waugh, Kathy Sweet Waugh | Sam Teddy Publishing | 978-1-935573-49-4 | $17.95?$: US dollar |
352 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |
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| The Oxford Book of American Short Stories | 2012-08-00 | ed. Joyce Carol Oates | Oxford University Press | 978-0-19-974439-8 | $21.95?$: US dollar |
896 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | Edward Hopper | |
| 100 Great Short Stories | 2015-02-23 | ed. James Daley | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 978-0-486-80328-9 | $10.00?$: US dollar |
ebook?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF. |
anth | |||
| 100 Great Short Stories | 2015-03-18 | ed. James Daley | Dover Publications (Dover Thrift Editions) | 978-0-486-79021-3 | 768 | tp?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep. |
anth | |||
| Eco-Fiction | date unknown | ed. John Stadler | Pocket Books | 0-671-82478-3 | $1.95?$: US dollar |
x+ 206 |
pb?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper. |
anth | |