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Honoré Morrow (1880–1940)

Autore di On to Oregon!

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Informazioni generali

Nome canonico
Morrow, Honoré
Nome legale
McCue, Nora Bryant
Altri nomi
Willsie, Honore
Data di nascita
1880
Data di morte
1940
Sesso
female
Breve biografia
Wife of famous publisher William Morrow. She is well known for her attention to historical detail and her vivid prose. Born in Ottumwa, Iowa to (lawyer) William McCue and Lilly Head McCue. Earned a degree in history from University of Wisconsin and married construction engineer Henry Willsie. Lived in Arizona and wrote western stories for Collier's magazine and Harper's Weekly. Her first novel was "Heart of the Desert" in 1913. She divorced Willsie in 1922 and married William Morrow the next year. They had a son, Richard, and two daughters, Felicia and Anne. She lived part of the year in a cottage in Devon, England.

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In 1844 a family of six children and two parents set out on the Oregon Trail. On the trail a seventh child was born . . . and both the parents died. A thousand miles from Oregon, the oldest of the seven children, John Sager age 13, was determined to keep the family together and fulfill his father's dream of farming in Oregon.

This is the true story upon which On to Oregon!, a children's book published in 1926, is based. My copy was published under the title Seven Alone. While the style of writing is rather old-fashioned, and some comments about the native Americans encountered on the Trail make this book not really suitable for contemporary children, for the historically minded who can place such comments in their historical context it can still be a good, enjoyable read, with some tension around the children's chances for success.

Those who prefer real history to fictionalized could try the memoir, Across the Plains in 1844, by Catherine Sager, one of the younger children.
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NinieB | 3 altre recensioni | Dec 5, 2019 |
180. The Last Full Measure, by Honore W. Morrow (read 6 Mar 1945) I finished reading this book on March 6, 1945 and said of it: "Finished H. W. Morrow's novel on Lincoln's last six months. I didn't enjoy it. If I had read it when I read his Forever Free I'd have enjoyed it but not now." It is the third volume of the author's trilogy on Lincoln and the Civil War. The earlier volumes are With Malice Toward None and Forever Free, which I read back in 1939
 
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Schmerguls | May 11, 2013 |
45. Forever Free by Honore Willsie Morrow (read in 1939) I read this book when I was in fifth grade, and was enthralled by it.
 
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Schmerguls | May 11, 2013 |
55. With Malice Toward None, by Honore Willsie Morrow (read fall of 1939) I read this book when I was in sixth grade and was duly impressed by it. It tells of Lincoln during the Civil War
 
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Schmerguls | Nov 18, 2012 |

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36
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Utenti
762
Popolarità
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Voto
3.9
Recensioni
7
ISBN
50
Lingue
3

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