The Little Colonel by Annie Fellows Johnston Cosy Corner Series

The Little Colonel
Annie Fellows Johnston
Boston: L. C. Page and Company, 1904
Copyright 1895
Illustrated by Ethelred B. Barry
Cosy Corner Series
114 pages

The binding is broken but all pages are present and attached. The pages are tanning, several are corner creased there is some scattered foxing and smudges on the edges. The rear free end paper is scribbled with crayon.  The cover is edge worn, rubbed and toned.  Fair. Hardcover.

Set in what is now essentially a Louisville suburb, Pewee (Lloydsboro) Valley, a favorite summer retreat of Louisville aristocracy during Victorian times, this is the tale of a bitter old confederate colonel (based on the real-life character of Colonel George Weissinger) and his 5-year old granddaughter (real-life Hattie Cochran) who possessed a certain military demeanor from which she got her name. This is a story of reconciliation and forgiveness.  (#14001887)