The grandmothers
- Subtitle
- A family portrait
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1. THE GRANDMOTHERS2. A Memorandum for the guidance of The Reader3. 1. Introduction: Alwyn Tower as a Small Boy. The House. His Grandmother Tower’s Keepsakes4. 2. Alwyn’s Knowledge of America and His Family5. 3. His Grandfather Tower’s Character. A Fragment of Autobiography. The Rest of His Life6. 4. His Grandmother Tower’s Girlhood. Her Soldier Sweetheart. Her Marriage7. 5. His Great-Aunt Mary Harris. Her Life and Travels8. 6. His Great-Aunt Nancy Tower’s Unhappiness9. 7. His Great-Uncle Leander Tower’s Return. The Adoption of Timothy Davis10. 8. The Dead. His Grandmother’s Final Grief. The Photograph Albums11. 9. His Uncle Jim, the Minister, as a Young Man12. 10. His Mother’s Girlhood and Marriage13. 11. His Father. His Uncle Jim’s Later Life. The Religious Faith of the Family14. 12. His Uncle Evan, the Deserter15. 13. His Aunt Flora16. 14. His Maternal Grandparents, Ira and Ursula Duff17. 15. Conclusion: Another Moving. His Grandmother Tower’s Deathbed.