Elsie Dinsmore

by Martha Finley

Overview

Sweet, motherless eight-year-old Elsie struggles with several bewildering problems. She has never known her mother, and her relationship with her father is filled with misunderstanding and tears. The young girl learns to depend wholly upon her faith in her heavenly father.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789389155365
Publisher:	Insight Publica
Publication date:	03/01/2020
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.44(d)
Age Range:	13 - 18 Years

About the Author

Martha Finley (April 26, 1828 - January 30, 1909) was a teacher and author of numerous works, the most well known being the 28 volume Elsie Dinsmore series which was published over a span of 38 years. The daughter of Presbyterian minister Dr. James Brown Finley and his wife and cousin Maria Theresa Brown Finley, she was born on April 26, 1828, in Chillicothe, Ohio. Finley wrote many of her books under the pseudonym Martha Farquharson. She died in 1909 in Elkton, Maryland, where she moved in 1876.

Editorial Reviews

There has been almost no character in American juvenile fiction which has attained more widespread interest and affection than Elsie.”

1893 Ladies Home Journal