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Dolly Madison Quaker Girl (Childhood of Famous Americans)
This book is part of a series that was published in the 1940's with orange-yellow hardback covers. The series was called "Childhood of Famous Americans."
There are many others in this series and by various authors. The ones by Augusta Stevenson have been reprinted in modern editions.
There are many others in this series and by various authors. The ones by Augusta Stevenson have been reprinted in modern editions.
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(first published 1944)
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This is one of my favorite childhood books. Fortunately, my local public library still has a copy so I was able to re-read it after ordering a copy for a goddaughter for her birthday recently. I found I remembered so much about the story, which led to a life-long admiration of Dolly Madison. My grandmother, like author Helen Albee Mansell, had deep Virginia roots. Coming back to this book was like hearing her voice again. I still recommend the Childhood of Famous Americans series to young reader...more
Oh, man, I *adored* this book as a child. So when Peter at Collecting Children's Books brought up the series, I had to ILL this for a reread. It is impossibly dated, of course, even as a biography, but it's so fun to see how much I remembered - Temple in the dress, making candles, the jewelry in the pouch around her neck, wearing that incredible riding mask to school every day, etc. I need to read an adult bio of her soon.
Charming story of first lady Dolly Madison and her life growing up. This book was presented to me at the end of third grade for reading the most books during the year. I am rereading it before I give to my granddaughter. Book is inscribed: "May you continue to enjoy reading throughout your life." And I have! Thank you, Miss Jacobi!!
I thought about these books the other day. I adored this series (Childhood of Famous Americans) as a kid. I read every single one my library had. I'm only going to rate the ones I remember but these books were some of my favorites.
I read this multiple times as a child and just adored it. Written to transport you back to that time in history but maintaining the essence of a young girl from any period of time. I still remember the description of the hoop skirts.
I have to give this book 5 stars. It was the first biography I ever read and I found that I LOVED reading true stories about the lives of other people. It set me forth on a lifetime of biography reading.
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