Informazioni generali

Data di nascita: 1895-12-05
Data di morte: 1992-07-29
Sesso: female
Nazionalità: USA
Luogo di nascita: Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Luogo di morte: Seymour, Connecticut, USA
Luogo di residenza: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
New York, New York, USA
Istruzione: Bloomsburg State Normal School
Peabody Conservatory of Music
Attività lavorative: biographer
music teacher
author
Relazioni: Bakeless, John (husband)
Breve biografia: Katherine Little Bakeless was born in Bloomsburg,
Pennsylvania, and graduated from the Bloomsburg State Normal School. She
studied piano at the Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore, Maryland, and also received private instruction
in London and Salzburg. She taught piano in private schools in New York and New
Jersey, and in her New York City studio. In 1920, she married John Bakeless and the two collaborated on numerous books about composers and music. Katherine also wrote two books for young readers independently.

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They Saw America First di Katherine and John Bakeless

A comprehensive summary of the explorers, both by land and sea, of early America. While generally accurate, some of material has been updated by recent research given this book was written about a half century ago.

Recommended for those who want an introduction to the men who founded our country. Particular emphasis is placed on the native flora and fauna of the period as well as descriptions of the land.

Personally, for those interested in similar overviews, I recommend The Discoverers of America by Harold Faber.… (altro)

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la2bkk | Aug 25, 2012 |

Spies of the Revolution (T862) (Based on Turncoats,… di Katherine and John Bakeless

From vintage scholastic cover: A strange message in code! Messages in silver bullets and jacket buttons! Letters written in invisible ink. All across revolutionary America, spies for the patriots and the redcoats are stealing through enemy lines, getting vital information. Who are these spies? No one can be sure. Who would suspect the schoolmaster, or a fourteen-year-old boy, a Quaker housewife, a Yankee farmer, a Boston surgeon? Yet each one is risking his life on a secret mission that may change history. This book is based on John Blakely's book, "Turncoats, Traitors, and Heroes," published in 1959. Spelling and punctuation from the 18th century has been modernized in this book. Writers concentrated on the relatively unknown information and passed on info readily found in other books. For example, there's no mention of Benedict Arnold.… (altro)

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Sasha_Doll | Aug 4, 2007 |

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