SOLVED. Very old book read in 1970's about Joan of Arc. Cover looked like library book, may have had a small picture of her on cover. Cannot remmeber if it was fiction or non. It was her complete life story but not a huge book. [s]

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Hi. You all have helped me find many books in the past. This one might be a challenge as there are likely thousands of books about her.

Here is what I remember:

It was all about her life -- from beginning to end.

Very old book. I read it in the seventies. I cannot remember the year but I think it would have been before 1978. And I think the book had already been out for awhile.

I remember the cover. It was plain, like a library book. It might have BEEN a library book. I do not remember where I even got it.

I THINK that there was an ilustratation of Joan on the cover but a small one. Very plain. I sort of remember something gold.

The gold could have been for an award it won or it could have been something she wore in the picture.

I think it was just called Joan of Arc. I could not swear to it but I think so.

It cannot have been all that long because I was a little girl. I doubt I'd have been able to read an 800 page book. But it was not a kid's book and I remember it being full length.

I used to read it with my mom. I became so attached to it I'd even take it sleep.

For some reason I remember it being a library book but am not sure that is right. I know it looked like one.

It was not a book that just shared info. Like "In this year, etc."

It was her growing up and she had dialogue. It was her story.

I would love it someone could find it for me or at least help me narrow it down.
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[Rainbowheart]

Does anything on this list look familiar?

Joan of Arc Books

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Fiction or nonfiction? That should be in your topic header. Since you have a lot of space there, you should add when you read the book and the age readership.

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Lobstergirl wrote: "Fiction or nonfiction? That should be in your topic header. Since you have a lot of space there, you should add when you read the book and the age readership."

I edited it as you said and added years but I cannot remember if it was fiction or not -- I was maybe 6 or 7 years old! I have put down as much as I possibly can remember.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Thanks. But you edited your first comment, which is fine - but your topic header is the topic field above the first comment. We need you to add to your topic header.

People scan the topic headers quickly before clicking through to your thread, so all the crucial information needs to be in the topic header.

Then your first comment expands beyond that crucial information.

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Lobstergirl wrote: "Thanks. But you edited your first comment, which is fine - but your topic header is the topic field above the first comment. We need you to add to your topic header.

People scan the topic headers ..."

I edited the topic header. I put 1970's in. I cannot recall the year. That is why I am seeking help. If you have to have the exact year you read a book to find it, I may have to delete comment. I was a child and if I knew that I'd likely have found the book. Sorry if I did this wrong and if you'd prefer I delete for being to vague please let me know.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

A range of years is fine.

[Rainbowheart]

Joan of Arc?

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Lobstergirl wrote: "A range of years is fine."

Thank you! I wish I could remember more. I have a feeling this one is going to be impossible frankly. There are too many books with the same title and I was too young to be able to remember much.

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Rainbowheart wrote: "Does anything on this list look familiar?

Joan of Arc Books"

Thank you! I looked and I am so sorry but I just do not know. None of the covers looked at all familiar but we're talking from the 1970's.

[Bren fall in love with the sea.]

Rainbowheart wrote: "Joan of Arc?

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I'd so like to be able to say yes and it could be but I just do not know. I am wracking my brain trying to think of more info. I am sorry to be so vague. I remmeber a very small pic of her. I know it dealt with her life just before any of the stuff she was known for happened. It was a beautiful book and I seem to remember it being a library book but don't know for sure.

It had to be somewhat well known because I lived in a town where there would not have been thousands of books about her available.

Thank you all for your efforts.

[Rainbowheart]

No worries, I am sure we can track it down for you!

Nothing is impossible. I'll do some more searching to see what I can find. Do you think you would remember the cover if you saw it again? Or the illustrations?

[Rainbowheart]

Joan of Arc?



The 1953 dustjacket has a gold seal, and the cover without the jacket has a smaller picture of Joan.

[Orsolya Könyvtáros (formerly Memp)]

Could it have been Joan of Arc by Frantz Funck-Brentano?

It was originally published in French in 1912, but there was an English translation published in the 1930s (most of the ones available online now are reprints of that one). The cover does have gold fleurs-de-lis on it. It would have appeared "old" by the 1970s, and might have been rebound by your library.

It has dialogue and is lavishly illustrated. Archive.org has the French edition (you don't need an account to view it) if you want to see if any of the pictures spark a memory.
https://archive.org/details/jeannedar...

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Rainbowheart wrote: "No worries, I am sure we can track it down for you!

Nothing is impossible. I'll do some more searching to see what I can find. Do you think you would remember the cover if you saw it again? Or the..."

There was one I saw the other night by an author named Lucy called Joan warrior or something like that. It sounded familiar but the cover did not look familiar.

Thank you for your help. I think I'd know the cover,yes.

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Rainbowheart wrote: "Joan of Arc?



The 1953 dustjacket has a gold seal, and the cover without the jacket has a smaller picture of Joan."

So I rated this thinking it was the one I read a long time ago only it is not I don't think. I forgot all about it.

The reason I do not think it is is for two reaosns. I only saw the cover with her picture and knew that could not be it. And also it seems to be a book that gives facts and details rather than an actual story.

Mine was an actual story. I have to say that second cover your showing me DOES look familiar. I'm sorry for not knowing more. I was about 6 or 7 or maybe younger. I have racked my brain trying to think of specific words or phrases. I know it was PG -- that is there was not anything to violent.

I know this because my mom would never have let me read it otherwise. I was too young.

It could be this book or it could be the warrior book I mentioned in another post or neither. I wonder if there is a way to tell what some of the phrases are and if they were avilable at libraries.

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Rainbowheart wrote: "Joan of Arc?



The 1953 dustjacket has a gold seal, and the cover without the jacket has a smaller picture of Joan."

It is not the one by Lucy. I looked and it is over 400 pages. No way was mine that long.

This one with the gold seal cover -- I am wondering if that is the one after all. I tried to "look inside" on amazon but I could not as they did not offer it and Kindle does not have it available. Have you read it or is there anything about it you might be able to tell me?

[Capn]

Bren fall in love with the sea. wrote: "Rainbowheart wrote: "Joan of Arc?



The 1953 dustjacket has a gold seal, and the cover without the jacket has a smaller..."

You can read this very edition for free on OpenLibrary (just need to register an email for legal reasons - publishers are trying to legally question it's 'library-hood'!):
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL47537...

It is 182 pages.

If the dust jacket had been removed...?

[Rainbowheart]

I was just thinking along the same lines as Capn!

I found it on Archive.org.

https://archive.org/details/joanofarc...

Page 4 has a picture of baby Joan in her cradle, and it's definitely told like a story.

"When she was christened and given the name of Joan (Jeanne as they spell it in France) she cried in protest just as all babies do when unexpectedly splashed with water. No one among the onlookers at this historic moment guessed how great this child's future was to be. Certainly her parents never imagined that their little black-eyed, black- haired baby was destined to be one of the most remarkable girls in all history, Joan of Arc, the Savior of France."

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Rainbowheart wrote: "I was just thinking along the same lines as Capn!

I found it on Archive.org.

https://archive.org/details/joanofarc...

Page 4 has a picture of baby Joan in her cradle, and it's definitely to..."

This is solved This is the book. I remmeber. I KNOW that's the cover. THANK YOU ALL so much!

I want the hard copy so am gonna order it! I can't wait!

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Capn wrote: "Bren fall in love with the sea. wrote: "Rainbowheart wrote: "Joan of Arc?



The 1953 dustjacket has a gold seal, and th..."

That's it! There's the gold cover! I KNEW it had a gold cover! Thank you, thank you.

[Bren fall in love with the sea.]

Thank you Rainbow and Captain and Lobster and everybody else. You all are miracle workers!

[Rainbowheart]

Oh, awesome news! Super glad to have helped out. :)

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Rainbowheart wrote: "Oh, awesome news! Super glad to have helped out. :)"

U did. AND I just ordered it! Thanks again.

[Capn]

Hooray! :) A happy end, unlike poor Joan. :)

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Capn wrote: "Hooray! :) A happy end, unlike poor Joan. :)"

So true.