Frog Hollow: Stories from an American Neighborhood

Synopsis

The Difficult Dream: The Babcocks Dig A Well And Launch A Newspaper -- An Opportunity For Each: Colonel Pope Comes To Town And Helps Build An Industrial Powerhouse -- A Dream Of Social Order: The Government Segregates A Neighborhood -- The Fullest Stature: Original Residents Are Pushed Out, The Neighborhood Gets A Reputation-and Everyone Is Baseball Crazy -- To Be Recognized: The Children Of Frog Hollow Find Champions, And The Newsies Fight Back -- Each Man And Woman: The Reverend Pennington Is Free -- Growing Weary And Mistrustful: The Neighborhood Gets An Orphanage -- They Are Innately Capable: Dominick Burns Opens A Bank, And Maria Sañchez Shepherds A Political Force -- Regardless Of Fortuitous Circumstances: The Ghosts That Walk Frog Hollow's Streets, And Where They're Heading. Susan Campbell. Includes Bibliographical References (pages [175]-214) And Index.