Five Little Peppers and How They Grew  |
| Margaret Sidney (1844 - 1924) |
1881 Best Seller.
The first of a series of books about the Pepper children.
The story of their impoverished lives with their widowed mother.
The book was part of a fantastically popular series of 12.
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| Looking Backward |
| Edward Bellamy (1850 - 1898) |
1888 Best Seller.
A utopian novel. Julian West falls into an hypnotic trance near the end of the 19th Century and awakens more than 100 years later
(right around now) to find America transformed into a socialist utopia. Bellamy uses the conceit to explore his ideas of how to improve society.
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| All Things Are Lights http://bobshea.net/all_things_are_lights.html |
| Robert J. Shea ( - ) http://bobshea.net/ |
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| Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ |
| Lew Wallace (1827 - 1905) |
Lewis "Lew" Wallace was a lawyer, governor, Union general in the American Civil War, and American statesman.
He is best remembered for Ben-Hur, an historical fiction set amongst the characters of the New Testament.
It was America's best selling novel for nearly sixty years after it's publication.
Follow the wikipedia link to see a great photo of the author.
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| The Harvester |
| Gene Stratton-Porter (1863 - 1924) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1912.
A young man leads a solitary life growing and harvesting medicinal herbs. He dreams of meeting his true love, subsequently sees her in a vision, and finally sets out to find her...
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| Fairy Tales |
| Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875) |
Famous Danish children's author, Hans Christian Andersen, delights us all with his poignant fairy tales. With 18 magnificent tales including The Emperor's New Clothes, The Snow Queen, The Little Match Girl, be enchanted over and over again by this marvellous storyteller. Absolutely Magical. |
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| Beautiful Joe |
| Margaret Marshall Saunders (1861 - 1947) |
1894 Best Seller.
A fictionalised 'autobiography' of the true story of a dog named 'Beautiful Joe'.
Joe's abusive original owner savagely mistreated him.
The book became very popular and greatly contributed to the worldwide awareness of animal cruelty.
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