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Holidays at Roselands

Holidays at Roselands( )
Author: Finley, Martha
ISBN:978-1-4385-1447-5
Publication Date:Apr 2009
Publisher:Standard Publications, Inc.
Imprint:Book Jungle
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $16.45
Book Description:

Martha Finley was a 19th century American author of children's stories. Her characters were good children rewarded for their high moral character. She wrote Elsie Dinsmore in 1867. Elsie was a virtuous Christian girl who resisted small temptations. This book was enormously popular. Finley wrote 27 books about Elsie taking her through her adult life and ending with her as a grandmother. This series was popular in the United States and in Britain selling over 25,000,000 books. Holidays...
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Book Details
Pages:248
Detailed Subjects: Fiction / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):7.5 x 9.25 Inches
Author Biography
Finley, Martha (Author)
Martha Finley was born in 1828 in Chillicothe, Ohio. She lived in Circleville, Ohio South Bend, Indiana and finally Phoenixville, Pennsylvania.

She began her writing career by writing short stories for Sunday School papers. Her most popular works are the Elsie Dinsmore series which consisted of 28 titles. In addition, she wrote the Mildred Keith series which consisted of 7 titles. She also wrote over 50 short books and pamphlets and numerous short stories and articles.

Finley died in 1909.




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