| The Diving Bell; Or, Pearls to Be Sought for (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) Contributor(s): Woodworth, Francis C. (Author), Frank, Uncle (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1406564699 ISBN-13: 9781406564693 Publisher: Dodo Press OUR PRICE: $11.04 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: Francis Channing Woodworth (1812-1859), who wrote under the pseudonyms Uncle Frank and Theodore Thinker, was the author of Stories About Animals (1850), Stories About Birds (1851), Woodworth's Cabinet of Curious Things (1852), The Holiday Book (1853), Balloon (1854), Young American's Life of Fremont (1856), Jack Mason, The Old Sailor, Uncle Reuben and his Budget of Stories, Wreaths of Friendship, The Diving Bell; or, Pearls to be Sought for, A Peep at our Neighbors and Willow Lane Stories. "The reader, perhaps, as he turns over the first pages of this volume, is puzzled, right at the outset, with the meaning of my title, The Diving Bell. It is plain enough to Uncle Frank, and possibly it is to you; but it may not be; so I will tell you what a diving bell is, and then, probably, you can guess the reason why I have given this name to the following pages." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 6" W x 9" (0.22 lbs) 60 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Francis Channing Woodworth (1812-1859), who wrote under the pseudonyms Uncle Frank and Theodore Thinker, was the author of Stories About Animals (1850), Stories About Birds (1851), Woodworth's Cabinet of Curious Things (1852), The Holiday Book (1853), Balloon (1854), Young American's Life of Fremont (1856), Jack Mason, The Old Sailor, Uncle Reuben and his Budget of Stories, Wreaths of Friendship, The Diving Bell; or, Pearls to be Sought for, A Peep at our Neighbors and Willow Lane Stories. "The reader, perhaps, as he turns over the first pages of this volume, is puzzled, right at the outset, with the meaning of my title, The Diving Bell. It is plain enough to Uncle Frank, and possibly it is to you; but it may not be; so I will tell you what a diving bell is, and then, probably, you can guess the reason why I have given this name to the following pages. " |