| The Diary of a Goose Girl Contributor(s): Wiggin, Kate Douglas (Author), Shepperson, Claude a. (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0548018138 ISBN-13: 9780548018132 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $34.15 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2007 Annotation: Kate Douglas Wiggin is best known for "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm," A popular author of children's books, also opened the first free kindergarten in California -- the Silver Street Free Kindergarten, and worked there till the late 1880s. "The Diary of a Goose Girl" tells the story of a young woman who tires of civilization, and moves to a small village in England "in search of the strenuous life, and eager to wait, rather than to be waited upon." "I am very tired of people," she wrote, "and want to rest myself by living a while with things." "I rely upon you to keep an honorable distance yourselves, and not to divulge my place of retreat to others, especially to -- you know whom! Do not pursue me. I will never be taken alive!" Her story of her life on a farm, keeping hens, Belgian hares, and especially geese, and her portraits of those she abides with form the basis of a charming tale. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 128 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work. |