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Beryl Epstein

Autor de The Great Houdini

75+ Obras 1,701 Miembros 20 Reseñas

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Incluye el nombre: Beryl Williams Epstein

También incluye: Beryl Williams (1)

Créditos de la imagen: Sam and Beryl Epstein

Obras de Beryl Epstein

The Great Houdini (1951) 212 copias
All About the Desert (1957) 107 copias
The First Book of Mexico (1955) 48 copias
The Real Book about Spies (1953) 44 copias
Young Paul Revere's Boston (1966) 42 copias
What's Behind the Word? (1954) 36 copias
The First Book of the Ocean (1961) 35 copias
All About Engines and Power (1962) 33 copias
The Real Book about Alaska (1952) 31 copias
Spring Holidays (1900) 30 copias
The Real Book about Pirates (1952) 29 copias
Lucky, Lucky White Horse (1965) 29 copias
The Real Book about the Sea (1954) 23 copias
The First Book of Glass (1955) 21 copias
Mister Peale's Mammoth (1976) 20 copias
Look in the Mirror (1972) 19 copias
European Folk Festivals (1968) 18 copias
The First Book of Italy (1960) 13 copias
Meet South Africa (1957) 9 copias
Pick It Up (1971) 9 copias
Hurricane Guest (1964) 8 copias
Fashion Is Our Business (1945) 7 copias
Tunnels (1985) 6 copias
Prehistoric Animals (1956) 5 copias
William Crawford Gorgas: Tropic Fever Fighter (1953) — Autor — 4 copias
Who Says You Can't? (1969) 3 copias
Change for a Penny (1989) 3 copias
Hold Everything (1973) 1 copia

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The Secret of Skeleton Island (1949) — Autor, algunas ediciones72 copias
Best in Children's Books 38 (1960) 66 copias

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Conocimiento común

Otros nombres
Epstein, Beryl Williams
Fecha de nacimiento
1910-11-15
Género
female
Nacionalidad
USA
Lugar de nacimiento
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Relaciones
Epstein, Sam (husband)
Biografía breve
Beryl Williams Epstein was born in Columbus, Ohio. She was a reporter and editor for the New Jersey Daily Home News and Sunday Times as well as an editor for American Scholar. In 1937, she began collaborating with her fiancé Samuel Epstein to write children's books. The couple married the following year and continued to work on projects. Together they wrote under their names and under the pseudonyms Adam Allen, Martin Colt, Douglas Coe, Charles Strong, and Bruce Campbell. Depending on the type of story the two were writing, they would divide the work with each writing certain sections of the book. Other times, the couple would come up with a flexible outline and one would start the story from the beginning, and the other would begin in the middle. Later, they would work out any differences or problems in the flow of the story. According to the couple, even though they wrote books separately, they enjoyed writing together much more. The couple is most noted for their ability to write as a team in many genres, including mystery and adventure stories, realistic fiction, historical fiction, informational books, and biographies. [de Grummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi]

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From the dust flap:

"The greatest guerrilla fighter in the American Revolution was Francis Marion. Incredibly daring, he terrorized the entire British Army in South Carolina, striking with fantastic swiftness, then vanishing ghost-like into the swamps. To chase him was a futile nightmare, for the Swamp Fox was too clever and too fearless.

Born near Georgetown, South Carolina, Marion was for years a peaceful farmer. When the Cherokees began their massacres he began his fighting career, learning the Indian techniques of surprise attack and sudden disappearance, how to use swamps and forests as cover. Thus when England sent a vast fleet to capture Charleston, Marion was already a brilliant strategist. From a tiny, unfinished island fort he defied fifty warships of the greatest navy in the world. He and his men crippled the entire British fleet and saved the city, though they lacked adequate ammunition, achieving the first important victory of the American revolution.

When Charleston fell to the enemy, Marion escaped and formed Marion's Brigade—one hundred fifty tattered, penniless patriots. None received pay, food or even ammunition from the Continental Army. The only reward they sought was freedom from tyranny, freedom for America.

Although Marion received a Congressional citation for wisdom and bravery, he was never accorded the honor his country owed him, and when the British evacuated Charleston he was not asked to participate in the celebration because he and his men were too ragged. But that ragged brigade who followed Francis Marion on the long, hard road to American independence earned its rightful place in history.

Little has been written about Francis Marion and the epic part played by southerners in the Revolution, so this book is as fresh as it is exciting."
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The discipline his feats required and his dedication to his passion - #incrediblyunrealisticGOALS #superhuman
 
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Obras
75
También por
2
Miembros
1,701
Popularidad
#15,088
Valoración
½ 3.7
Reseñas
20
ISBNs
66

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