Publisher's Synopsis
Mary Ware the Little Colonel's Chum is a children's novel written by Annie Fellows Johnston. The story revolves around Mary Ware, a young girl who moves to Kentucky to live with her aunt and uncle. She becomes fast friends with Lloyd Sherman, also known as the Little Colonel, and the two embark on many adventures together. Throughout the book, Mary learns important lessons about loyalty, friendship, and the importance of family. The novel is set in the early 1900s and provides a glimpse into the social customs and values of the time. Mary Ware the Little Colonel's Chum is a heartwarming tale that is sure to delight young readers.1908. Annie Fellows Johnston was a celebrated author of children's and juvenile fiction. She is best known for the Little Colonel series, a semi- biographical opus of 13 novels dealing with the aristocracy of old Kentucky, particularly the story of a young girl, who came to be known as the little Colonel because of her bully mannerisms. This is the ninth book in the Little Colonel Stories. In this volume, which covers one year, Mary Ware takes up the story and fills in some of the voids left in the previous book. The is September, the same September that Betty went away to Warwick Hall to teach and Louis began to prepare for her debut in Louisville. Contents: Mary Enters Warwick; The King's Call; Room-Mates; Aye, There's the Rub!; A Fad and a Christmas Fund; Jack's Watch-fob; In Joyce's Studio; Christmas Day at Eugenia's; The Bride-Cake Shilling Comes to Light; Her Seventeenth Birthday; Trouble for Everybody; The Good-Bye Gate; The Jester's Sword; Back at Lone-Rock; and Keeping Tryst. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
