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1975
EDITION
HEIDI
RETOLD
BY
JANE CARRUTH
AND
JOHANNA SPYRI
ILLUSTRATED
BY
JOHN WORSLEY
Summary:
An abridged version of Johanna Spyri's classic story of a Swiss orphan who is heartbroken when she must leave her beloved grandfather and their happy home in the mountains to go to school and to care for an invalid girl in the city.
Publisher Description:
When Heidi’s Aunt Dete brings the orphaned girl to live with her grandfather, no one can imagine the bitter, solitary old man caring for a child. But, to everyone’s surprise, the two grow to love each other—and Heidi blossoms in her new home. Johanna Spyri’s charming story—and spirited heroine—have won children’s hearts for more than a century.
About the Authors:
Johanna Spyri [jo?hana ??pi?ri]) (12 June 1827 – 7 July 1901) was an author of children's stories, and is best known for her book Heidi. Born Johanna Louise Heusser in the rural area of Hirzel, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers in the area around Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later would use in her novels.
Jane Carruth is a published author and an editor of children's books. Some of the published credits of Jane Carruth include Read Along with Me Bible Stories: Set of Four Books (Read Along with Me), Chiquilines Imagen Y Sonido: LA Hermanita/El Diente Molesto (Coleccion Chiquilines-Imagen Y Sonido), Making new friends (Honey bear books), and Pierna Lastimada, La.
John Worsley, a British artist who as a prisoner of the Germans in World War II hoodwinked guards with a dummy P.O.W. named Albert, later a part of British wartime lore, died Oct. 3, 2000 in London. He was 81.
Soon after Britain went to war, Kenneth Clark, director of the National Gallery, recruited official war artists to portray combat action and life on the home front. Most of the artists were civilians, but the youngest one, Mr. Worsley, was a midshipman in the Royal Navy.
An art school graduate, Mr. Worsley had sketched his fellow sailors on the armed merchant ship Laurentic. When it was sunk by a German U- boat off Northern Ireland in 1940, he was rescued by a destroyer, but not before sketching the sinking from his lifeboat.
His enterprise resulted in his assignment as a war artist while he took part in the Allied landings in Sicily and the Italian mainland.
He worked in paint at first, but after his landing craft was hit by a dive bomber at Reggio di Calabria in September 1943, making a mess of his artwork o "I had just got a nice wash going," he would say o he switched to pencil.
By November he was a lieutenant accompanying Allied saboteurs to an island off the Adriatic coast of Italy, hoping to sketch their exploits. But the Germans intercepted their boat and he was taken prisoner.
*VERY GOOD CONDITION*
THE BOOK COVER HAS MINIMAL SHELF WEAR
FRONT AND BACK OF BOOK COVER IS BUMPED ON THE CORNERS
SPINE OF BOOK COVER IS RUBBED ON THE TOP, MIDDLE, AND BOTTOM SLIGHTLY, APART FROM THAT THE BOOK IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION
THE BOOK HAS NORMAL SHELF WEAR
TEXTBLOCK IS CLEAN
PUBLISHED BY GOLDEN PRESS
WESTERN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC.
ISBN# 0307147525
UNPAGED
ILLUSTRATED
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