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Beryl Epstein

Auteur de The Great Houdini

73+ oeuvres 1,712 utilisateurs 20 critiques

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Crédit image: Sam and Beryl Epstein

Œuvres de Beryl Epstein

The Great Houdini (1951) 212 exemplaires
All About the Desert (1957) 108 exemplaires
The First Book of Electricity (1953) 65 exemplaires
All About Prehistoric Cave Men (1959) 64 exemplaires
The Real Book about Submarines (1954) 49 exemplaires
The First Book of Mexico (1955) 48 exemplaires
The Real Book about Spies (1953) 45 exemplaires
Young Paul Revere's Boston (1966) 42 exemplaires
The First Book of the Ocean (1961) 38 exemplaires
What's Behind the Word? (1954) 36 exemplaires
All About Engines and Power (1962) 33 exemplaires
The Real Book about Alaska (1952) 32 exemplaires
The Real Book about Pirates (1952) 30 exemplaires
Spring Holidays (1900) 30 exemplaires
Lucky, Lucky White Horse (1965) 29 exemplaires
The First Book of Maps and Globes (1959) 28 exemplaires
Junior Science Book of Seashells (1963) 26 exemplaires
The Real Book about the Sea (1954) 23 exemplaires
The First Book of Measurement (1960) 22 exemplaires
Harriet Tubman: Guide to Freedom (1968) 22 exemplaires
The First Book of Glass (1955) 21 exemplaires
Mister Peale's Mammoth (1976) 20 exemplaires
Look in the Mirror (1972) 19 exemplaires
European Folk Festivals (1968) 18 exemplaires
Winston Churchill: Lion of Britain (1971) 15 exemplaires
A Year of Japanese Festivals (1974) 14 exemplaires
The First Book of Italy (1960) 13 exemplaires
Willie Mays: Baseball Superstar (1975) 13 exemplaires
The Real Book about Inventions (1951) 12 exemplaires
Jackpot of the Beagle Brigade (1987) 10 exemplaires
Meet South Africa (1957) 9 exemplaires
Pick It Up (1971) 9 exemplaires
Hurricane Guest (1964) 8 exemplaires
Fashion Is Our Business (1945) 7 exemplaires
Tunnels (1985) 6 exemplaires
Prehistoric Animals (1956) 6 exemplaires
No Pattern for Love 5 exemplaires
William Crawford Gorgas: Tropic Fever Fighter (1953) — Auteur — 4 exemplaires
Who Says You Can't? (1969) 3 exemplaires
Young Faces in Fashion 3 exemplaires
Change for a Penny (1989) 3 exemplaires
Two Sisters and Some Hornets (1972) 3 exemplaires
Motores e energia 1 exemplaire
Hold Everything (1973) 1 exemplaire
Take This Hammer 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

The Secret of Skeleton Island (1949) — Auteur, quelques éditions72 exemplaires
Best in Children's Books 38 (1960) 66 exemplaires

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Autres noms
Epstein, Beryl Williams
Date de naissance
1910-11-15
Sexe
female
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Relations
Epstein, Sam (husband)
Courte biographie
Beryl Williams Epstein was born in Columbus, Ohio. She was a reporter and editor for the New Jersey Daily Home News and Sunday Times as well as an editor for American Scholar. In 1937, she began collaborating with her fiancé Samuel Epstein to write children's books. The couple married the following year and continued to work on projects. Together they wrote under their names and under the pseudonyms Adam Allen, Martin Colt, Douglas Coe, Charles Strong, and Bruce Campbell. Depending on the type of story the two were writing, they would divide the work with each writing certain sections of the book. Other times, the couple would come up with a flexible outline and one would start the story from the beginning, and the other would begin in the middle. Later, they would work out any differences or problems in the flow of the story. According to the couple, even though they wrote books separately, they enjoyed writing together much more. The couple is most noted for their ability to write as a team in many genres, including mystery and adventure stories, realistic fiction, historical fiction, informational books, and biographies. [de Grummond Collection, University of Southern Mississippi]

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From the dust flap:

"The greatest guerrilla fighter in the American Revolution was Francis Marion. Incredibly daring, he terrorized the entire British Army in South Carolina, striking with fantastic swiftness, then vanishing ghost-like into the swamps. To chase him was a futile nightmare, for the Swamp Fox was too clever and too fearless.

Born near Georgetown, South Carolina, Marion was for years a peaceful farmer. When the Cherokees began their massacres he began his fighting career, learning the Indian techniques of surprise attack and sudden disappearance, how to use swamps and forests as cover. Thus when England sent a vast fleet to capture Charleston, Marion was already a brilliant strategist. From a tiny, unfinished island fort he defied fifty warships of the greatest navy in the world. He and his men crippled the entire British fleet and saved the city, though they lacked adequate ammunition, achieving the first important victory of the American revolution.

When Charleston fell to the enemy, Marion escaped and formed Marion's Brigade—one hundred fifty tattered, penniless patriots. None received pay, food or even ammunition from the Continental Army. The only reward they sought was freedom from tyranny, freedom for America.

Although Marion received a Congressional citation for wisdom and bravery, he was never accorded the honor his country owed him, and when the British evacuated Charleston he was not asked to participate in the celebration because he and his men were too ragged. But that ragged brigade who followed Francis Marion on the long, hard road to American independence earned its rightful place in history.

Little has been written about Francis Marion and the epic part played by southerners in the Revolution, so this book is as fresh as it is exciting."
… (plus d'informations)
 
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northprairielb | Sep 21, 2021 |
 
Signalé
pszolovits | Feb 3, 2021 |
The discipline his feats required and his dedication to his passion - #incrediblyunrealisticGOALS #superhuman
 
Signalé
dandelionroots | 3 autres critiques | Oct 24, 2020 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
73
Aussi par
2
Membres
1,712
Popularité
#14,992
Évaluation
½ 3.7
Critiques
20
ISBN
68

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