Younger days of famous writers : Defoe, Cooper, Dickens, Spyri, Louisa M. Alcott, Alger, Lewis Carroll, Mary Mapes Dodge, Mark Twain, Stevenson, Howard Pyle, Kate Douglas Wiggin, Kipling

Date:

©1925.

Author:

Cather, Katherine Dunlap, Mrs., author.

Collecting Area:

Mathes Childrens Literature

Call Number:

YH C3637 Y68 1925 LOCAL

Publisher:

Century Co. ;

Abstract:

Biographies of fourteen well-known authors, focusing on their childhood years.

Physical Description:

xiii, 326 pages : frontispiece, plates ; 20 cm

Notes:

"Illustrated."--T.p. LOCAL

Curator Notes:

Century, c 1925, 2d printing; includes Defoe, Cooper, Dickens, Spyri, Alcott, Alger, Carroll, Dodge, Twain, Stevenson, Pyle, Wiggin, Kipling; spine titles and decoration and front cover titles, rulings and decoration printed in black on light brown cloth

Subjects:

Authors Biography, Authors Biography, and Authors

Genres/Forms:

Biographies and Biographies. lcgft

Names:

Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 Childhood and youth, Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851 Childhood and youth, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 Childhood and youth, Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901 Childhood and youth, Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899 Childhood and youth, Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888 Childhood and youth, Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898 Childhood and youth, Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 Childhood and youth, Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 Childhood and youth, Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 Childhood and youth, Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911 Childhood and youth, Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940 Childhood and youth, Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936 Childhood and youth, Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923 Childhood and youth, Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith, 1856-1923, Twain, Mark, 1835-1910, Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894, Spyri, Johanna, 1827-1901, Pyle, Howard, 1853-1911, Lagerlöf, Selma, 1858-1940, Kipling, Rudyard, 1865-1936, Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905, Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870, Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731, Cooper, James Fenimore, 1789-1851, Carroll, Lewis, 1832-1898, Alger, Horatio, Jr., 1832-1899, and Alcott, Louisa May, 1832-1888