Best of
Memoir
1952
Karen
Marie Killilea - 1952
But you'll want to read it most for Karen's own words: 'I can walk, I can talk. I can read. I can write. I can do anything."- The New York Times Yes, these are Karen's own words. The words of a small, pig-tailed, freckle-faced child. Yet, no truer words were ever spoken, for Karen had just lived a miracle. "Extraordinary is the word to be used first, last, and repeatedly about this book. Anyone who meets Karen, even on paper, will postpone resigning from the human race." The Saturday Review.
The Healing Woods
Martha Reben - 1952
Book details experience living in the woods with the help of her guide. Adirondack region--near Saranac Lake.
Period Piece
Gwen Raverat - 1952
With astonishing power Period Piece brings us into the real presence of the late Victorian past.
The Pioneers of Martins Bay
Alice McKenzie - 1952
After that they moved to Jamestown on Lake McKerrow. The township of Jamestown flopped and the McKenzies drifted down to Martins Bay. The hardships and isolation that followed the move are innumerable. Alice grew up in these isolated and lonely conditions and grew up to write the book.The book was first published in 1947 by the Southland Historical Committee, and a revised edition was self-published in 1952