{"product_id":"the-little-colonel-maid-of-honor-paperback","title":"The Little Colonel: Maid of Honor - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnnie Johnston\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Little Colonel is back, and this\u003cbr\u003etime she's a maid of honor. Her friend Eugenia is getting married, and the\u003cbr\u003ewhole wedding party has come to stay at Lloyd's house. The old fashioned term\u003cbr\u003efor this kind of extended sleep-over\/get-together is a house party.\u003cbr\u003eReading Ms. Johnston's version of the delightful events leading up to the\u003cbr\u003ewedding is like traveling back to the time of slow summer days and long, white\u003cbr\u003ecotton dresses.\u003cbr\u003eIn this story readers will be introduced to Mary Ware, the wild girl from\u003cbr\u003eArizona who has traveled all the way to Kentucky for the festivities. Her\u003cbr\u003euntamed western ways make her an endearing character. Handsome young men, \u003cbr\u003emoonlit boat rides, and evening walks through the woods delight Lloyd and her\u003cbr\u003edear friends as much as they do the reader. Perhaps Lloyd will even find the\u003cbr\u003ebeginnings of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnnie 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,\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.76 x 8.06 x 5.08 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 1999\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55152766648611,"sku":"9781565546264","price":36.08,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0986\/8279\/8371\/files\/38hk6DnYPD9781565546264.webp?v=1779793565","url":"https:\/\/homeschoolbookbarn.com\/products\/the-little-colonel-maid-of-honor-paperback","provider":"Homeschool Book Barn","version":"1.0","type":"link"}