Author: Laura Dent Crane
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421821966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Barbara Thurston stood at the window of a large old-fashioned house, looking out into Connecticut Avenue. It was almost dark. An occasional light twinkled outside in the street, but the room in which Barbara was stationed was still shrouded in twilight. Suddenly she heard a curtain at the farther end of the drawing-room rustle faintly. Bab turned and saw a young man standing between the curtains, peering into the shadows with a pair of near-sighted eyes. Barbara started. The stranger had entered the room through a small study that adjoined it. He seemed totally unaware of any other presence, for he was whistling softly: "Kathleen Mavourneen."
The Automobile Girls at Washington
Author: Laura Dent Crane
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421821966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Barbara Thurston stood at the window of a large old-fashioned house, looking out into Connecticut Avenue. It was almost dark. An occasional light twinkled outside in the street, but the room in which Barbara was stationed was still shrouded in twilight. Suddenly she heard a curtain at the farther end of the drawing-room rustle faintly. Bab turned and saw a young man standing between the curtains, peering into the shadows with a pair of near-sighted eyes. Barbara started. The stranger had entered the room through a small study that adjoined it. He seemed totally unaware of any other presence, for he was whistling softly: "Kathleen Mavourneen."
Publisher: 1st World Publishing
ISBN: 1421821966
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 198
Book Description
Barbara Thurston stood at the window of a large old-fashioned house, looking out into Connecticut Avenue. It was almost dark. An occasional light twinkled outside in the street, but the room in which Barbara was stationed was still shrouded in twilight. Suddenly she heard a curtain at the farther end of the drawing-room rustle faintly. Bab turned and saw a young man standing between the curtains, peering into the shadows with a pair of near-sighted eyes. Barbara started. The stranger had entered the room through a small study that adjoined it. He seemed totally unaware of any other presence, for he was whistling softly: "Kathleen Mavourneen."
Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths
Author: Carolyn Carpan
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863952
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Girls series books have been popular since the early 1840s, when books about Cousin Lucy, a young girl who learns about the world around her, first appeared. Since then, scores of series books have followed, several of them highly successful, and featuring some of the most enduring characters in fiction, such as Nancy Drew. In recent decades, series books like The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High have become staples for young readers everywhere. In Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America, Carolyn Carpan provides a social history of girls' series fiction published in America from the mid-19th century through the early 21st century. Carpan examines popular series, subgenres, themes, and characters found in approximately 100 series, noting how teenage girls are portrayed in girls' series fiction and how girls' series reflect or subvert the culture of the era in which they are produced. Her study also focuses on the creation, writing, and production of such books. This is the first study of American girls' series books to examine the entire genre from its beginnings in the 1840s to the present day, revealing facts about a sub-genre of children's and young adult literature that has rarely been studied. Appendixes in this volume include a listing of the girls' series covered in the book as well as important books about girls' series fiction.
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810863952
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
Girls series books have been popular since the early 1840s, when books about Cousin Lucy, a young girl who learns about the world around her, first appeared. Since then, scores of series books have followed, several of them highly successful, and featuring some of the most enduring characters in fiction, such as Nancy Drew. In recent decades, series books like The Baby-Sitters Club and Sweet Valley High have become staples for young readers everywhere. In Sisters, Schoolgirls, and Sleuths: Girls' Series Books in America, Carolyn Carpan provides a social history of girls' series fiction published in America from the mid-19th century through the early 21st century. Carpan examines popular series, subgenres, themes, and characters found in approximately 100 series, noting how teenage girls are portrayed in girls' series fiction and how girls' series reflect or subvert the culture of the era in which they are produced. Her study also focuses on the creation, writing, and production of such books. This is the first study of American girls' series books to examine the entire genre from its beginnings in the 1840s to the present day, revealing facts about a sub-genre of children's and young adult literature that has rarely been studied. Appendixes in this volume include a listing of the girls' series covered in the book as well as important books about girls' series fiction.
The Automobile in American History and Culture
Author: Michael L. Berger
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313016062
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This comprehensive reference guide reviews the literature concerning the impact of the automobile on American social, economic, and political history. Covering the complete history of the automobile to date, twelve chapters of bibliographic essays describe the important works in a series of related topics and provide broad thematic contexts. This work includes general histories of the automobile, the industry it spawned and labor-management relations, as well as biographies of famous automotive personalities. Focusing on books concerned with various social aspects, chapters discuss such issues as the car's influence on family life, youth, women, the elderly, minorities, literature, and leisure and recreation. Berger has also included works that investigate the government's role in aiding and regulating the automobile, with sections on roads and highways, safety, and pollution. The guide concludes with an overview of reference works and periodicals in the field and a description of selected research collections. The Automobile in American History and Culture provides a resource with which to examine the entire field and its structure. Popular culture scholars and enthusiasts involved in automotive research will appreciate the extensive scope of this reference. Cross-referenced throughout, it will serve as a valuable research tool.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 0313016062
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 516
Book Description
This comprehensive reference guide reviews the literature concerning the impact of the automobile on American social, economic, and political history. Covering the complete history of the automobile to date, twelve chapters of bibliographic essays describe the important works in a series of related topics and provide broad thematic contexts. This work includes general histories of the automobile, the industry it spawned and labor-management relations, as well as biographies of famous automotive personalities. Focusing on books concerned with various social aspects, chapters discuss such issues as the car's influence on family life, youth, women, the elderly, minorities, literature, and leisure and recreation. Berger has also included works that investigate the government's role in aiding and regulating the automobile, with sections on roads and highways, safety, and pollution. The guide concludes with an overview of reference works and periodicals in the field and a description of selected research collections. The Automobile in American History and Culture provides a resource with which to examine the entire field and its structure. Popular culture scholars and enthusiasts involved in automotive research will appreciate the extensive scope of this reference. Cross-referenced throughout, it will serve as a valuable research tool.
Motor Girls
Author: Sue Macy
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426326971
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The automobile has always symbolized freedom, and in this book we meet the first generation of female motorists who drove cars for fun, profit, and to make a statement about the evolving role of women. From the advent of the auto in the 1890s to the 1920s, when the breaking down of barriers for women was in full swing, readers will examine historical photos, art, and artifacts and to discover the many ways these women influenced fashion, the economy, politics, and the world around them.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426326971
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 100
Book Description
The automobile has always symbolized freedom, and in this book we meet the first generation of female motorists who drove cars for fun, profit, and to make a statement about the evolving role of women. From the advent of the auto in the 1890s to the 1920s, when the breaking down of barriers for women was in full swing, readers will examine historical photos, art, and artifacts and to discover the many ways these women influenced fashion, the economy, politics, and the world around them.
The Peep of Day
Author: Favell Lee Mortimer
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This one is more of a comprehensive study of the Bible that covers creations, the Life and death of Jesus, his Resurrection, Ascension into Heaven, and life after Jesus in the Bible and Revelations. It was a collection of the author's teaching notes published to educate mainly children in simple terms. Favell Lee Mortimer was a British Evangelical writer of educational books for children. Bevan supervised children's religious education on her father's estates, and her interest in academic writing developed from that experience. She created her own method of teaching children to read that was based on 'flash cards' rather than traditional books.
Publisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
This one is more of a comprehensive study of the Bible that covers creations, the Life and death of Jesus, his Resurrection, Ascension into Heaven, and life after Jesus in the Bible and Revelations. It was a collection of the author's teaching notes published to educate mainly children in simple terms. Favell Lee Mortimer was a British Evangelical writer of educational books for children. Bevan supervised children's religious education on her father's estates, and her interest in academic writing developed from that experience. She created her own method of teaching children to read that was based on 'flash cards' rather than traditional books.
The Submarine Boys' Lightning Cruise, Or, The Young Kings of the Deep
Author: Victor G. Durham
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Adventure stories
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
The Story of Young Abraham Lincoln
The High School Freshmen
Author: Harrie Irving Hancock
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Publisher: IndyPublish.com
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 274
Book Description
Grace Harlowe's Overland Riders in the Great North Woods
Author: Jessie Graham Flower
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loggers
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Loggers
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description