Margaret Collier Graham

Margaret Collier Graham
Margaret Collier Graham (1850–1910) was an American writer known for her short stories that depicted life in Southern California. Born in Iowa, she moved to California in the 1870s and became an important literary figure in the region. Her works, including "Stories of the Foothills" and "The Wizard's Daughter and Other Stories," often explored themes of frontier life, nature, and human relationships. In addition to her writing, Graham was involved in community work and was married to Donald Graham, a prominent figure in California politics.

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The Wizard's Daughter There had been a norther during the day, and at sunset the valley, seen from Dysart's cabin on the mesa, was a soft blur of golden haze. The wind had hurled the yellow leaves from the vineyard, exposing the gnarled deformity of the vines, and the trailing branches of the pepper-trees had swept their fallen berries into coral reefs on the southerly side. A young man with... more...

THE WITHROW WATER RIGHT. I. Lysander Sproul, driving his dun-colored mules leisurely toward the mesa, looked back now and then at the winery which crowned its low hill like a bit of fortification. "If I'd really had any idee o' gettin' ahead o' him," he reflected, "or circumventin' him an inch, I reckon I'd been more civil; it's no more 'n fair to be... more...