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Full Name: Dorothy Canfield Fisher
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(1879-1958) Novelist and juvenile writer. Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in Lawrence, Kansas. She graduated from Ohio State in 1899, and received a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1904. Her novels include "The Bent Twig" (1915), "The Deepening Stream" (1930), "Seasoned Timber" (1939), and "Four-Square" (1949). She also wrote short stories; "Vermont Tradition" (1953), personal views of Vermont life; and several notable juvenile books including "Understood Betsy" (1916) and "Something Old Something New" (1949).
Author's Timeline:
1879 (Unknown) County
Dorothy Canfield Fisher was born in Lawrence, Kansas in 1879. 
1958 (Unknown) County
Dorothy Canfield Fisher died in Arlington, Vermont in 1958. 
1904 New York County
Fisher received a Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York City. 
1915 (Unknown) County
The Bent Twig
Novel. 
1930 (Unknown) County
The Deepening Stream
Novel. 
1939 (Unknown) County
Seasoned Timber
Novel. 
1949 (Unknown) County
Four-Square
Novel. 
1953 (Unknown) County
Vermont Tradition
Personal views of Vermont life. 
1916 (Unknown) County
Understood Betsy
Juvenile book 
1949 (Unknown) County
Something Old Something New
Juvenile book. 
1912 (Unknown) County
Squirrel Cage
 
1921 (Unknown) County
The Brimming Cup
 
1907 (Unknown) County
Gunhild
Novel. 

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