Tag: #antiquebooks
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Did you know. . .
These Disney movies were based on books. And I’m not talking about the classic fairytale princesses but. . . Bambi, a Life in the Woods by Felix Salten The Rescuers by Margery Sharp (this was actually a series) 101 Dalmatians by Dodie Smith (also has a sequel) Just a fun thing that I discovered at…
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Antique Reads: A Hermit’s Wild Friends
Or Eighteen Years in the Wilderness by Mason A. Walton is a perfect book for those who enjoy Wild Animals I Have Known, Walden or any nature books. It’s pretty self-explanatory as Mason writes in his intro that he went out to a log cabin in the country for stress relief from city life much…
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Antique Books: Shirley Temple’s Heidi
Well to continue from yesterday’s question on movie novelizations, I introduce the novelization of the Shirely Temple movie, Heidi. Obviously based on the original Heidi books, it is a decent retelling keeping the major plot points in utilizing language that 9-12 year olds would easily understand. The highlight of the book, of course, is the…
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Antique Books: Work
Little Women has been long held as one of Louisa May Alcott’s best works. Under the Lilacs and Eight Cousins being well-known seconds I believe, though don’t quote me on that. However, I picked up her novel, Work: A Story of Experience which was surprisingly not as preachy as the title implied. Okay, there is…
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Antique Books: Dogs
You think dogs will not be in heaven I tell you, they will be there long before any of us- Robert Louis Stevenson This photo book is a lovely collection of dog pictures from the turn of the century to the 1950s, courtesy of Catherine Johnson, one of the formost collectors of amateur dog photos.…
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