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Download or read book A White Heron written by Sarah Orne Jewett and published by David R. Godine Publisher. This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beloved short story - a classic coming-of-age tale by the author of The Country of the Pointed Firs is gloriously illustrated with pencil drawings by Maine artist Douglas Alvord. Sylvia, a city girl more at home with animals than with people, has come to the Maine Woods to live with her grandmother. One summer afternoon in the late 1800s, her life is changed forever when she meets an attractive young ornithologist searching for birds to snare, stuff, preserve, and display.