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January 15, 1879


Mazo de la Roche was born on January 15, 1879. This Canadian novelist created a fictional geography based on Ontario, and featured prominently a house she called called Jalna. Her talents included describing cats---she wrote a haunting short story about a cat abandoned by summer vacationers. The author's own cats included Gigi, a honey colored cat raised from a kitten.


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