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Published in 1895, and long out of print, "The Plated City" has been identified as one of the earliest literary novels that treats baseball as an integrated part of the story. But it is also an incredibly modern story, including dramatic renderings of issues of race, gender, and sex.

"The Salt-Box House," first published in 1900, relates the story of the Shelton family--19th-century industrialists from Connecticut--and portrays an historically accurate account of life during and after New England's colonial period.