Sunday, 1 January 2017

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates By Mary Mapes Dodge

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Title:Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Author:Mary Mapes Dodge
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ISBN:0590412957

The beloved story of the Brinker family s life in Holland and the race for the silver skates has been cherished by generations of children.


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Mary was born Mary Elizabeth Mapes to Prof James Jay Mapes and Sophia Furman in New York City She acquired a good education under private tutors In 1851 she married the lawyer William Dodge Within the next four years she gave birth to two sons, James and Harrington In 1857, William faced serious financial difficulties and left his family in 1858 A month after his disappearance his body was f Mary was born Mary Elizabeth Mapes to Prof James Jay Mapes and Sophia Furman in New York City She acquired a good education under private tutors In 1851 she married the lawyer William Dodge Within the next four years she gave birth to two sons, James and Harrington In 1857, William faced serious financial difficulties and left his family in 1858 A month after his disappearance his body was found dead from an apparent drowning, and Mary Mapes Dodge became a widow.In 1859 she began writing and editing, working with her father to publish two magazines, the Working Farmer and the United States Journal Within a few years she had great success with a collection of short stories, The Irvington Stories 1864 , and a novel was solicited Dodge then wrote Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates, which became an instant bestseller.Later in life she was an associate editor of Hearth and Home, edited by Harriet Beecher Stowe She had charge of the household and children s departments of that paper for many years She became an editor in her own right with the children s St Nicholas Magazine, for she was able to solicit stories from a number of well known writers including Mark Twain, Louisa May Alcott, and Robert Louis Stevenson St Nicholas became one of the most successful magazines for children during the second half of the nineteenth century, with a circulation of almost 70,000 children.Dodge died at her summer cottage in Tannersville, New York, in 1905 She is buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, at 1137 North Broad Street, Hillside, New Jersey



thumbnailTitle: Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Posted by:Mary Mapes Dodge
Published :2016-03-27T14:37+01:00
The beloved story of the Brinker family s life in Holland and the race for the silver skates has been cherished by generations of children.
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Mary Mapes Dodge

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