Elsie Dinsmore: 100 best books for children

by Martha Finley

Overview

Elsie is an eight-year-old girl who has became a Christian and abides by Biblical law - as taught to her by her dead mother's housekeeper and then her own nanny, Chloe. The Holy Spirit changes the heart of Father Elsies, although at first it seems that such a stone heart cannot be changed!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781006533969
Publisher:	Blurb
Publication date:	07/03/2024
Pages:	222
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	12 - 17 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.