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The talking leaves : an Indian story / by William O. Stoddard.

Kislak Center for Special Collections - Schimmel Collection Schimmel 6490
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Stoddard, William O., 1835-1925, author.
Contributor:
Grosset & Dunlap, publisher.
Caroline F. Schimmel Collection of Women in the American Wilderness (University of Pennsylvania)
Schimmel, Caroline F., donor, associated name.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Friendship--Juvenile fiction.
Friendship.
Hunting stories.
Outdoor life--Juvenile fiction.
Outdoor life.
Fathers and daughters--Juvenile fiction.
Fathers and daughters.
Reading--Juvenile fiction.
Reading.
Apache Indians--Social life and customs--Juvenile fiction.
Apache Indians.
Southwest, New--Juvenile fiction.
Southwest, New.
Apache Indians--Social life and customs.
New Southwest.
Genre:
Fiction
Juvenile works
Penn Provenance:
Schimmel, Caroline F. (donor) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Seaman, Frances Boone, 1918-2005 (autograph) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Boone, Charles Edward, 1919-2000 (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Boone, Ann Marie, 1922-2001 (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Woods, Ethel Boone, 1923-2014 (inscription) (Schimmel Collection copy)
Physical Description:
250 pages, [1] leaf of plates : 1 illustration ; 19 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : Grosset & Dunlap publishers, [not before 1910]
Notes:
"By arrangement with Harper & Brothers"--Title leaf.
Illustrated endpapers.
Local Notes:
Schimmel Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Caroline F. Schimmel.
Schimmel Collection copy has on front free endpaper in blue ink autograph ("Frances E. Boone 1943") of Frances Elizabeth Boone (later Seaman; 1918-2005) and manuscript note in the same hand ("In memory of the days when we were kids and Charles was Red Wolf, Ann - Rita, Ethel - and I was Nihabe & we played Indian in the woods near the house. This is the first time I have read the complete story, now taken from Harper's Young People 1884") mentioning her brother Charles Edward Boone (1919-2000) and sisters Ann Marie Boone (1922-2001) and Ethel M. Boone (later Woods; 1923-2014).
Schimmel Collection copy: dust jacket retained.
OCLC:
7504845

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