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May Yonge McNeer (1902–1994)

Auteur van The California Gold Rush

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Werken van May Yonge McNeer

The California Gold Rush (1950) 470 exemplaren
War Chief of the Seminoles (1954) 235 exemplaren
The Alaska Gold Rush (1960) 187 exemplaren
John Wesley: A Classic Edition (1604) 159 exemplaren
Martin Luther (1953) 153 exemplaren
Armed with Courage (1900) 148 exemplaren
America's Mark Twain (1962) 80 exemplaren
Give me freedom (1964) 59 exemplaren
The Story of California (1944) 47 exemplaren
America's Abraham Lincoln (1750) 42 exemplaren
The Mexican Story (1953) 40 exemplaren
The Canadian Story (1958) 39 exemplaren
THE AMERICAN INDIAN STORY (1963) 27 exemplaren
The Hudson: River of History (1962) 23 exemplaren
The Story of George Washington (1973) 23 exemplaren
Profile of American History (1964) 22 exemplaren
The Story of the Great Plains (1943) 14 exemplaren
Tales from the Crescent Moon (1930) 13 exemplaren
Little Baptiste (1954) 12 exemplaren
The Story of Florida (1947) 12 exemplaren
Stranger in the Pines (1971) 10 exemplaren
The wolf of Lambs Lane (1967) 7 exemplaren
The Story of the South West (1948) 6 exemplaren
Prince Bantam 4 exemplaren
Bloomsday for Maggie (1976) 4 exemplaren
The Story of the Southwest (1948) 3 exemplaren
Up a Crooked River (1952) 3 exemplaren
Go Tim Go (1967) 3 exemplaren
The Golden Flash (1947) 3 exemplaren
The Covered Wagon 2 exemplaren
Waif Maid 1 exemplaar
The Golden Flash 1 exemplaar
The Covered Wagon 1 exemplaar
Abraham Lincoln 1 exemplaar
Gold Rush (1951) 1 exemplaar
Waif maid, (1930) 1 exemplaar

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rjrobbins2 | May 21, 2023 |
I never knew a whole lot about John Wesley, other than he was a preacher and the Weslyan denomination is named for him. The book was good, and I came to be fascinated with the trials he went through in his devotion to the Gospel. He was one of 19 surviving children (yes by the same 2 parents, and most lived past childhood) and the son of a pastor as well. His brother Charles Wesley was quite famous as well for writing church hymns, his singing voice, and traveling with John in preaching. John was known for his compassion for the poor, and wanting to change the plight of the needy, not only physically, but also to give them access to education. He was responsible for starting the first Sunday School in England, not only to teach the Gospel, but feeding the poor, teaching them math, and to read and write. He also opened Orphan House-- at the time poor parents "would sell their boys for 5 pounds apiece, and girls for 4, to be trained as chimney sweeps. At five years old, children were often put to work down in the mines." He also established Kingswood School for boys which differed from the typical boarding school of the time in that "there was no punishment by flogging, and no cruel treatment of the younger boys. Always there was kindness and justice." The choir at Orphan House became one of the best in the country.
But all was not easy-- mobs would gather to do him bodily harm, spurred on by politicians and nobles that did not want the poor educated, and said he was a heretic by not doing things in the prescribed way of the Church of England. During his lifetime, he had published more than 400 books, editing a magazine, and all sales went to aid in his church work. He kept nothing for himself-- he said that the "whole world was his parish"-- this statement is on his grave. He continued to preach and travel nearly to his death, almost always on horseback. His last sermon was when he was 88, a week before his death. Throughout his life, he also fought to end slavery and the slave trade, the last letter he wrote the week of his death was again urging this fight. He had traveled to every corner of England, Scotland, and Ireland and America as well in his career mostly on the back of a horse in an effort to preach and help the poor. I was glad to have read this book about such and admirable person.
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Stacy_Krout | Nov 18, 2018 |
A realistically illustrated story about a little boy and a wild animal. Little Baptiste, a Canadian child. lives so far out in the wilderness that he has no friends. He is very lonely, and adopts a stray moose calf. They have fun together for a while, but naturally it can't last forever. As the moose grows larger it becomes unmanageable, and eventually turns to the wild and others of its kind. But Little Baptiste's father has a surprise for his son, and human friends turn out to be in his future after all. Lynd Ward's illustrations are, as usual, just wonderful. A "truer" ending to this one than to Ward’s own [The Biggest Bear].… (meer)
 
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laytonwoman3rd | 1 andere bespreking | Apr 6, 2018 |
Fish Lake (NV CLAN) has two but they're not sharing. None elsewhere.
 
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Cheryl_in_CC_NV | 1 andere bespreking | Jun 5, 2016 |

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51
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2,013
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