| Timothy's Quest by Kate Douglas Wiggin, Fiction, Historical, United States, People & Places, Readers - Chapter Books Contributor(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Author) |
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ISBN: 1606646877 ISBN-13: 9781606646878 Publisher: Aegypan OUR PRICE: $21.56 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2009 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Wilkins's Wood was a quiet stretch of timber land that lay along the banks of Pleasant River; and though the natives, for the most part, never noticed that it was paved with asphalt and roofed in with oilcloth, yet it was, nevertheless, the most tranquil bit of loveliness in all the country round. Here was a quiet pool where the rushes bent to the breeze . . . and there, a winding path where the cattle came down to drink of the river's nectar. Here the first mayflowers pushed their sweet heads through the reluctant earth, and waxen Indian pipes grew in the moist places . . . And here sat Timothy Jessup, with all his heart in his eyes, bidding good-by to all this soft and tender loveliness. For Timothy Jessup was running away -- "again." Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856-1923), with such works as "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," "The Story of Patsy" and "A Village Stradivarius," earned a permanent place in the heart of America's youth. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Readers - Chapter Books - Juvenile Fiction | People & Places - United States - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.78 lbs) 124 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas: - "Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 - 1923) was an American educator and author of children's stories, most notably the classic children's novel Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. She started the first free kindergarten in San Francisco in 1878 (the Silver Street Free Kindergarten). With her sister during the 1880s, she also established a training school for kindergarten teachers. Kate Wiggin devoted her adult life to the welfare of children in an era when children were commonly thought of as cheap labor." |