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Highlights
- A lyrical, lovely, and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned six-year-old girl--later believed to be a French princess--living in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century.
- About the Author: Opal Whiteley grew up in logging settlements near the town of Cottage Grove, at the southern end of Oregon's Willamette Valley.
- 192 Pages
- Poetry, American
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About the Book
Like Watership Down and The Education of Little Tree, this lyrical, lovely, and deeply touching journal kept by a six-year-old girl living in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century is a book that will appeal to all ages. "Enchanting . . . Opal transforms bleak and loveless circumstances into a life-affirming fable".--San Francisco Chronicle.Book Synopsis
A lyrical, lovely, and deeply touching adaptation of an authentic journal kept by an orphaned six-year-old girl--later believed to be a French princess--living in an Oregon lumber camp at the turn of the century. 24 black-and-white photographs.About the Author
Opal Whiteley grew up in logging settlements near the town of Cottage Grove, at the southern end of Oregon's Willamette Valley. A child literary prodigy and acclaimed nature teacher, she is the author of The Fairyland Around Us, a self-published nature book for children (1918), and her bestselling childhood diary, The Story of Opal (1920).Dimensions (Overall): 8.54 Inches (H) x 5.54 Inches (W) x .49 Inches (D)
Weight: .58 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: American
Genre: Poetry
Number of Pages: 192
Publisher: Clarkson Potter/Ten Speed
Theme: General
Format: Paperback
Author: Opal Whiteley
Language: English
Street Date: October 3, 1995
TCIN: 1002556224
UPC: 9780517885161
Item Number (DPCI): 247-01-0927
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship weight: 0.58 pounds
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