Virginia Olcott
Autor de Adventures in Sweden: The Story of Erik and Britta
Series
Obras de Virginia Olcott
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In Secret Service; a Mystery Story of Napoleon's Court translated by Virginia Olcott; with a foreword by Professor… — Traductor, algunas ediciones — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1890
- Género
- female
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Albany, New York, USA
Miembros
Reseñas
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 20
- También por
- 1
- Miembros
- 74
- Popularidad
- #238,154
- Valoración
- 5.0
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 8
The book features beautiful illustrations by Constance Whittemore, but it has a lot of words, so it's probably better for older readers or reading aloud. Note that it was originally published in 1938, and the depiction of Sami (who are called Lapps throughout) is probably a bit to stereotypical to be PC these days.
On the whole though, it's a lot of fun and a lovely depiction of a way of life that definitely does not exist anymore. Highly recommended.… (más)