Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement
About the Book
Edited by Rea Wilmshurst
First published in 1993 by McClelland and Stewart
Against the Odds: Tales of Achievement is a volume of 18 stories, collected and published by Rea Wilmshurst. The stories, originally published in various magazines and newspapers between 1896 - 1934, feature determined characters who overcome many different sorts of obstacles.
Stories
- A Patent Medicine Testimonial (1903)
- The Fillmore Elderberries (1909)
- Dorinda’s Desperate Deed (1906)
- The Genesis of the Doughnut Club (1907)
- Bessie’s Doll (1914)
- At the Bay Shore Farm (1904)
- In Spite of Myself (1896)
- When Mr. Cropper Changed his Mind (1903)
- How We Went to the Wedding (1913)
- Ned’s Stroke of Business (1903)
- Their Girl Josie (1906)
- The Blue North Room (1906)
- Where There is a Will There is a Way (1934)
- Lillian’s Business Venture (1900)
- A Question of Acquaintance (1929)
- A Case of Trespass (1897)
- A Substitute Journalist (1907)
- The Strike at Putney (1903)
Last modified: May 27, 2011
