United States

The people of the rockbound New England coast experienced by two big-city ladies.

African Americans, Creoles, Acadians, and Native Americans in post Civil War rural Louisiana

Stories that reflect Creole way of life during the transitory post-Civil War period.

Aristocratic young ladies from Boston, gentlewomen and salty yarns of sea captains in a small harbor village in Maine.

Six stories framed by a tale of a piazza

The first realistic portrayal of western village life in the United States.