Elsie's Motherhood

by Martha Finley

Overview

Mamma! Papa too! It was a glad shout of a chorus of young voices as four pairs of little feet came pattering up the avenue and into the veranda; then as many ruby lips were held up for the morning kiss from the children's dearly loved father. They had

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783847200819
Publisher:	tredition
Publication date:	02/07/2012
Sold by:	Bookwire
Format:	eBook
Pages:	273
File size:	1 MB

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