The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor - Paperback

by Annie Johnston (Author)

The Little Colonel is back, and this
time she's a maid of honor. Her friend Eugenia is getting married, and the
whole wedding party has come to stay at Lloyd's house. The old fashioned term
for this kind of extended sleep-over/get-together is a house party.
Reading Ms. Johnston's version of the delightful events leading up to the
wedding is like traveling back to the time of slow summer days and long, white
cotton dresses.
In this story readers will be introduced to Mary Ware, the wild girl from
Arizona who has traveled all the way to Kentucky for the festivities. Her
untamed western ways make her an endearing character. Handsome young men,
moonlit boat rides, and evening walks through the woods delight Lloyd and her
dear friends as much as they do the reader. Perhaps Lloyd will even find the
beginnings of love.

Author Biography

Annie Fellows Johnstonís life exemplifies success and perseverance: she wrote over forty books (one was even made into a major motion picture) during a time period when it was not customary for women to be so successful, she was a devoted wife to a husband who died only a few years after their marriage, and she was a stepmother to three children, for whom she continued to care after the death of their father. Mrs. Johnston is most famous for her thirteen-book Little Colonel Series . In 1935, Twentieth Century Fox released The Little Colonel based on the first book in the series, The Little Colonel . The movie starred Shirley Temple and Lionel Barrymore. Born on a farm in a small town in Indiana on May 15, 1863, Annie sharpened her writing skills as a young girl. Her father, a minister, died when she was two but left an exstensive collection of reading material, and her mother, an advocate for womenís education, encouraged Annie to teach and go to college. She attended the University of Iowa for a year, taught for three years, worked as a private secretary, and traveled through New England and Europe before she married a cousin, who encouraged her to write, and became a mother to his three young children. Mrs. Johnstonís unique writing style fictionalized real people and experiences. On a visit to Pewee Valley, Kentucky, in 1895, Mrs. Johnston met little Hattie Cochran,