title: Winter Memorial: A Short Story
author:  C.C. Warrens 
description: C.C. Warrens lives in a small city in Ohio, and has discovered that the best way to create a book is to go on a long stroll with her husband. That is when the characters - from their backgrounds to the moments that make them laugh or bubble over with anger - come to life.
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  # Snow-Bound
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### John Greenleaf Whittier
  
  
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  SNOW-BOUND
  
  
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  SNOW-BOUND
  
  
  A Winter Idyl
  
  
  By JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER
  
  
  
  
  
  _With Illustrations_
  
  
  [Illustration: Portrait]
  
  
  Boston JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY, Late Ticknor &Fields, and
  
  
  Fields, Osgood, &Co. 1872
  
  
  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the years 1865 and 1867, by
  
  
  JOHN G. WHITTIER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the
  
  
  District of Massachusetts.
  
  
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  In the present edition of “Snow-Bound,” the Illustrations are drawn
  
  
  by Mr. HARRY FENN from sketches made by him during a visit to the scene
  
  
  of the poem. The engraving has been done by Mr. A. V. S. ANTHONY, under
  
  
  whose superv