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7 best short stories by Laura E Richards - cover

7 best short stories by Laura E Richards

Laura E. Richards, August Nemo

Publisher: Tacet Books

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Writer and poet Laura E. Richards has a vast work - she has written more than 90 books throughout her life, most of them children's tales with deep messages. His parents were abolitionists and this influenced the life and work of Richards deeply; in 1917 she won a Pulitzer for the biography of her mother, the author of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.The work of Laura E. Richards is in this book represented by seven lovely tales specially selected by the critic August Nemo:Maine to the RescueThe Coming of the KingThe Golden WindowsThe Shed Chamber The Green Satin GownThe Scarlet LeavesDon Alonzo
Available since: 05/14/2020.

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