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The author of Children of the Covered Wagon has deserted the field of fictionized history for a story of sheer imagination, a rather far-fetched mystery yarn concerning two children and their dog and a Russian exile, whose cherished locket they find on the agate beach. There are all sorts of adventures, beginning with the finding of Laddy, and going on through the adventures with the battered boat in the flood.
The author of Children of the Covered Wagon has deserted the field of fictionized history for a story of sheer imagination, a rather far-fetched mystery yarn concerning two children and their dog and a Russian exile, whose cherished locket they find on the agate beach. There are all sorts of adventures, beginning with the finding of Laddy, and going on through the adventures with the battered boat in the flood.
First published January 1, 1936
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Mary Jane Carr
19 books4 followersMARY JANE CARR has lived in the Pacific Northwest all her life. She was born and grew up with four sisters and four brothers in Portland, Oregon. She attended both high school and Marylhurst College there.
After college Miss Carr joined The Catholic Sentinel, a weekly newspaper. She began as a proofreader and eventually worked her way up to the job of associate editor. Her feature articles also appeared in the daily papers. Her interest in the obscure history of the Old Oregon Trail led to a series of stories in the Sunday magazine section of The Portland Oregonian. These stories became Children of the Covered Wagon when their enthusiastic reception encouraged Miss Carr to have them published in book form.
Children of the Covered Wagon was first published in 1934. It has since become a children's classic.
(from the back of Children of the Covered Wagon)
After college Miss Carr joined The Catholic Sentinel, a weekly newspaper. She began as a proofreader and eventually worked her way up to the job of associate editor. Her feature articles also appeared in the daily papers. Her interest in the obscure history of the Old Oregon Trail led to a series of stories in the Sunday magazine section of The Portland Oregonian. These stories became Children of the Covered Wagon when their enthusiastic reception encouraged Miss Carr to have them published in book form.
Children of the Covered Wagon was first published in 1934. It has since become a children's classic.
(from the back of Children of the Covered Wagon)
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March 29, 2013
Full disclosure (to avoid accusations of plagiarizing myself): I have told this story, in a similar way, on my blog.
Thirty years ago, I was walking around New York City, and I saw a guy selling original art on the street. One of the drawings was the 1930s cover of this book. The cover art, of a boy, a girl and dog in a boat that was docking on the shore of a mysterious island, was beautiful, although I didn't buy it them. For a couple of years. I thought about it. Then, one day, there he was again, on another sidewalk, still trying to sell the drawing. I think it cost me twenty dollars, and today it hangs on the wall in the bedroom of my two daughters, where it has hung for a few years.
The book, which I bought them when they were little, begins with a boy and a girl in Oregon who rescue a puppy from a towering cliff and fix up an old boat, and somehow morphs into a saga about families torn apart by the Russian revolution and ends with a terrifying flood! It is a real time capsule, now utterly forgotten, but absolutely appealing to a 7 or 8-year-old of today.
Thirty years ago, I was walking around New York City, and I saw a guy selling original art on the street. One of the drawings was the 1930s cover of this book. The cover art, of a boy, a girl and dog in a boat that was docking on the shore of a mysterious island, was beautiful, although I didn't buy it them. For a couple of years. I thought about it. Then, one day, there he was again, on another sidewalk, still trying to sell the drawing. I think it cost me twenty dollars, and today it hangs on the wall in the bedroom of my two daughters, where it has hung for a few years.
The book, which I bought them when they were little, begins with a boy and a girl in Oregon who rescue a puppy from a towering cliff and fix up an old boat, and somehow morphs into a saga about families torn apart by the Russian revolution and ends with a terrifying flood! It is a real time capsule, now utterly forgotten, but absolutely appealing to a 7 or 8-year-old of today.
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