Honoré Morrow (1880–1940)
Autor de On to Oregon!
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: file photo, The Des Moines Register
Series
Obras de Honoré Morrow
Argonaut 6 copias
Let The King Beware 5 copias
The Devonshers 4 copias
Yonder sails the Mayflower 3 copias
Hopalong Cassidy 2 copias
The Lincoln Stories of Honoré Morrow: Containing Benefits Forgot, Dearer Than All and the Lost Speech of Abraham… (2017) 2 copias
The Lost Speech of Abraham Lincoln 2 copias
American Scenery (2 vols) 1 copia
Ship's parrot 1 copia
Child Pioneer 1 copia
Christus of Boeddha (part 1) 1 copia
Skibsaben 1 copia
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The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy from 1860 to Now (2008) — Contribuidor — 154 copias
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre canónico
- Morrow, Honoré
- Nombre legal
- McCue, Nora Bryant
- Otros nombres
- Willsie, Honore
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1880
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1940
- Género
- female
- Biografía breve
- Wife of famous publisher William Morrow. She is well known for her attention to historical detail and her vivid prose. Born in Ottumwa, Iowa to (lawyer) William McCue and Lilly Head McCue. Earned a degree in history from University of Wisconsin and married construction engineer Henry Willsie. Lived in Arizona and wrote western stories for Collier's magazine and Harper's Weekly. Her first novel was "Heart of the Desert" in 1913. She divorced Willsie in 1922 and married William Morrow the next year. They had a son, Richard, and two daughters, Felicia and Anne. She lived part of the year in a cottage in Devon, England.
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- Obras
- 36
- También por
- 6
- Miembros
- 766
- Popularidad
- #33,218
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 7
- ISBNs
- 50
- Idiomas
- 3
This is the true story upon which On to Oregon!, a children's book published in 1926, is based. My copy was published under the title Seven Alone. While the style of writing is rather old-fashioned, and some comments about the native Americans encountered on the Trail make this book not really suitable for contemporary children, for the historically minded who can place such comments in their historical context it can still be a good, enjoyable read, with some tension around the children's chances for success.
Those who prefer real history to fictionalized could try the memoir, Across the Plains in 1844, by Catherine Sager, one of the younger children.… (más)