Captain January - Couverture souple

Richards, Laura E.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1502344955 ISBN 13 : 9781502344953

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Captain January was written in 1891. Captain January saves an infant girl from a shipwreck in which her parents were drowned. He names her Star. He raises her for several years. The wealthy sister of Star’s deceased mother sees her when she visits Maine and wants to adopt her but the young girl Star emphatically refuses. Captain January dies shortly thereafter. The story ends with the Captain, near death, makes arrangements for the wealthy sister to be notified. The book Captain January was made into two movies: A 1924 silent film starring Baby Peggy and the 1936 musical starring Shirley Temple.

A propos du livre

About the Author

Laura Elizabeth Richards was born in Boston in 1850, daughter of the poet Julia Ward Howe, is perhaps best known as the author of "Battle Hymn of the Republic." She wrote many other books for children. Among her adult nonfiction works were a two-volume biography of her father, Letters and Journal of Samuel Gridley Howe (1906-09); a joint biography of her parents, Two Noble Lives (1911); and, most importantly, the two-volume biography of her mother, Julia Ward Howe (1915), the first biography to be honored by the Pulitzer Prize.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1502344955
• ISBN 13: 9781502344953
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 42
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible