Author Description

Sara Ware Bassett (1872-1968) was an American author of fiction and nonfiction. Her novels primarily deal with New England characters, and most of them are set in two fictional Cape Cod villages. Many of her stories focus on love stories and humorously eccentric characters. Her nonfiction books for young readers include "The Story of Lumber" (1912), "The Story of Wool" (1913), "The Story of Leather" (1915), "The Story of Glass" (1916), and "The Story of Sugar" (1917). Van Cortlandt Blake, whose father was a western manufacturer, met Bob Carlton the day the two had alighted from the train on their way to a new school. When the two boys spend a vacation together they learn about maple sugar. The story reads like a novel, but is full of information. This is part of a wonderful series intended to entertain as well as educate young readers.