Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates by Mary Mapes Dodge

Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates was published in 1865 and received more reviews than any other children's book that year. Today it continues to delight countless readers with its story of a virtuous family who inspires us all to have the courage to pursue our dreams.

Dodge, Mary Mapes: - Mary Mapes Dodge was born in 1834 in New York City. As a teenager, she wrote unsigned articles for her father's magazine. She later married and had two sons. After her husband's death, she moved into her parent's home and decided to become a writer. Her first work was a collection of children's stories. Hans Brinker was published when Dodge was thirty-one and it made her famous. At age thirty-nine she became editor of St. Nicholas Magazine for Boys and Girls. Editor: Kathryn Lindskoog, educator, literary critic, an expert on C.S. Lewis, and poet has written and edited more that twenty-five books, among them: A Child's Garden of Christian Verses and How to Grow a Young Reader. In addition to teaching high-school English for seven years, she taught as an adjunct instructor at several universities. Her teaching career became limited by Multiple Sclerosis, which became disabling in the 1960's.

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ISBN 13	9780140350425
ISBN 10	014035042X
Title	Hans Brinker, or the Silver Skates
Author	Mary Mapes Dodge
Series	Puffin Classics
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Random House Children's UK
Year published	1985-03-28
Number of pages	336
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.