Tish: The Chronicle of Her Escapades and Excursions was first published in 1916 by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Letitia Carberry, also known as Tish, is a middle-aged lady who has a passion for trying out new things. Aggie and Lizzie, her two friends, don't usually show much enthusiasm but let themselves be dragged along. Her young reporter nephew Charlie Sands attempts to guide her in less risky areas and is there for damage control when necessary. The book contains five chapters. This book contains five short short stories. The first book in the series is "Mind Over Motor,". While Lizzie's mother is abroad, the three friends set out to escort a young relative of hers. Bettina's relationship with the boy next door is having trouble, and Tish meets a dashing young guy who wants to put together a motor race at the nearby fairgrounds. In the story "Like a Wolf on the Fold," three friends are taken in by a young foreigner because of their bad luck. In "The Simple Lifers," Tish takes her friends into the Maine woods barefoot so they may survive on nuts and berries. She is motivated by the back-to-nature movement. In "Tish's Spy," Tish and her friends are camped out on a Canadian river with all the necessary tents, boats, and fishing gear. They are, however, shortly challenged by a young guy Tish believes to be a German spy as well as a red-headed investigator who is keeping an eye on the spy. The last story, "My Country Tish of Thee," has Tish and her friends travelling to the west to ride horses in Glacier Park.
American author Mary Roberts Rinehart, also known as the American Agatha Christie, was born on August 12, 1876, and died on September 22, 1958. The Circular Staircase, Rinehart's debut mystery novel, introduced the "had I but known" narrative approach. Although the exact phrase does not occur in Rinehart's book The Door (1930), she is regarded as the creator of the "the butler did it" story device. As one of the first women to visit the front lines in Belgium during World War I, she also worked to share the tales and experiences of these troops. Mary Ella Roberts, who is now known as Rinehart, was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania's Allegheny City. Olive Louise, Mary's sister who is four years Mary's junior, went on to become well-known as a children's book author and nationally syndicated newspaper columnist. Her father was a frustrated inventor, and the family experienced frequent monetary issues throughout her youth. Mary was just 19 years old when her father committed suicide. She was trained to use her right hand because she was left-handed at a time when that was improper. Her autobiography, titled My Story, was first published in 1931 and then rewritten in 1948.
