▁descend ants . ▁As ▁a ▁child , ▁she ▁was ▁educated ▁at ▁nine ▁different ▁private ▁schools ▁in ▁Boston . ▁ ▁Career ▁Austin ' s ▁most ▁popular ▁works ▁were ▁her ▁Pil gr im ▁stories , ▁for ▁which ▁she ▁re lied ▁on ▁family ▁l ore , ▁arch ival ▁research , ▁and ▁a ▁cre ative ▁imagination . ▁Be coming ▁a ▁Pil gr ims ▁special ist , ▁Austin ▁p led ged ▁her ▁later ▁years ▁to ▁developing ▁their ▁story . ▁Four ▁of ▁her ▁books , ▁namely : ▁Stand ish ▁of ▁Stand ish , ▁Betty ▁Ald en , ▁The ▁Nam eless ▁No blem an , ▁and ▁Dr . ▁Le ▁Baron ▁and ▁his ▁D augh ters , ▁cover ▁the ▁era ▁from ▁the ▁landing ▁of ▁the ▁Pil gr ims ▁upon ▁P ly mouth ▁Rock , ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 0 . ▁to ▁the ▁days ▁of ▁the ▁American ▁Revolution , ▁in ▁ 1 7 7 5 , ▁and ▁a ▁fifth ▁volume ▁was ▁developed ▁to ▁complete ▁the ▁series . ▁She ▁wrote ▁a ▁great ▁number ▁of ▁magazine ▁stories ▁and ▁some ▁po ems . ▁Her ▁principal ▁books ▁were : ▁F ain - D ream s ▁( B oston , ▁ 1 8 5 9 ); ▁D ora ▁Dar ling ▁( B oston , ▁ 1 8 6 5 ); ▁Out post ▁( B oston , ▁ 1 8 6 6 ); ▁T ail or ▁Boy ▁( B oston , ▁ 1 8 6 5 ); ▁Cy pher ▁( New ▁York , ▁ 1 8 6 9 ); ▁The ▁Sh adow ▁of ▁Mol och ▁Mountain ▁(