Margaret Montfort (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press)
Author | : Laura E. Richards |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2008-03-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1406545236 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781406545234 |
Rating | : 4/5 (234 Downloads) |
Download or read book Margaret Montfort (Illustrated Edition) (Dodo Press) written by Laura E. Richards and published by . This book was released on 2008-03-01 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards (1850-1943) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to a high-profile family. During her life, she wrote over 90 books, including children's, biographies, poetry, and others. A well-known children's poem for which she is noted is the literary nonsense verse Eletelephony. In 1917, she won a Pulitzer Prize for The Life of Julia Ward Howe, a biography, which she coauthored with her sister, Maud Howe Elliott. Among her most famous works are: Queen Hildegarde (1889), Captain January (1890), Melody (1893), Marie (1894), Hildegarde's Neighbors (1895), Nautilus (1895), Three Margarets (1897), Geoffrey Strong (1901), The Green Satin Gown (1903) and The Silver Crown: Another Book of Fables (1906).