Emil Gets into Mischief by Astrid Lindgren
As early as 1791, the spit of land at the confluence of the Anacostia and Potomac Rivers was set aside as a military reservation to guard the southern approaches to the new federal capital. Throughout its two-hundred-year history, the area has served as an arsenal, penitentiary, Artillery Post, U.S. Army Engineer School, Selective Service records repository, U.S. Army Band School, Military Police School, and is presently the home of the National Defense University, the Inter-American Defense College, and Headquarters of the Military District of Washington. The British suffered their worst loss here in 1814 when the Washington Arsenal powder magazine accidentally blew up. An 1831 building has been preserved where the Lincoln conspirators were tried and hanged in the courtyard. The 1838 Ordnance Departments' Model Museum is now used as living quarters, and the 1893 Army General Hospital is unchanged since Walter Reed (discoverer of the cure for yellow fever) died there following an appendectomy. The historic Army War College with its hundred-foot vaulted rotunda of Guastavino tile and terrazzo flooring is a Federal landmark. Approximately forty vintage photographs from the N.D.U., Walter Reed Army Hospital, and the Engineer Historical Office show Fort McNair in its various roles over the years. Ghosts of yesteryear abound; if you stand quietly, you can imagine the faint echo of bugle calls sounding across the parade ground, and believe that the bastion still serves as a sentinel protecting the nation's capital. The author was a military wife for thirty-seven years. She was married to Major General Stan L. McClellan and was a resident of Washington, D.C. for several years. A full-name index augments the text.
Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was born on a homestead in Smaland, Sweden. Her most famous book, Pippi Longstocking, was published in 1945 to great success. She is also well known for Karlsson on the Roof, her books about The Bullerby Children and The Tomten. Her books are loved all over the world and have sold around 145 million copies. She won many awards, including the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award for Pippi Longstocking in 1973; the Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1958; and the International Book Award from UNESCO in 1993. Marit Tornqvist was born in 1964 in Uppsala, Sweden and divides her time between the Netherlands and Sweden. She studied illustration at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. In 2011 she was awarded a Golden Plaque from the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava, one of the most prestigious children's illustration awards. She has illustrated several of Astrid Lindgren's picture books, including A Calf for Christmas and Goran's Great Escape (Floris Books) and is also the author of many other books for children.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780600331643 |
| ISBN 10 | 0600331644 |
| Title | Emil Gets into Mischief |
| Author | Astrid Lindgren |
| Series | Beaver Books |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Octopus Publishing Group |
| Year published | 1979-01-01 |
| Number of pages | 126 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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