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The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896


The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896

The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896   The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896
The Little Colonel by Annie Fellows-Johnston. Illustrated by Etheldred B Barry. Published Joseph Knight company, Boston. Signed in front by original owner- Florence L Shaver, Ashville, N. 102 pages plus advertising pages for other books by publisher. Book measures 7 1/4" by 5". She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana. Johnston was born Annie Julia Fellows Johnston, daughter of Albion Johnston, a minister, and Mary Erskine Fellows.

She had a brother, Erwin, and two sisters, Lura and Albion. She married a cousin, William L. He was a widower with three children, Rena, John, and Mary. Rena died in 1899 and John in 1910 or 1911.

Johnston moved to Pewee Valley in 1898, the move becoming permanent in 1911. There, she lived until her death at "The Beeches" with her stepdaughter, artist Mary Gardener Johnston. The Beeches was built in 1901 by "Mamie" Craig Lawton, widow of Gen. Henry Ware Lawton, who was the only general killed during the Spanish-American War.

Members of the Craig family inspired 12 characters in the "Little Colonel" stories. The Little Colonel series was her 13-book collection beginning with The Little Colonel. An assessment of her achievements in connection with her induction into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame says, Her work is now considered anachronistic, depicting Reconstruction Era South still transitioning from the Civil War, and must be taken in the context of the times.


The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896   The Little Colonel rare antique old vintage First edition Joseph Knight 1896