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Our Island Story - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall


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Our Island Story - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall

 
Description: ISBN 1903386527 / Genre: Junior Books / Author: Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall / Edition: Unabridged / Paperback / Reading Level: Young ... more
Our Island Story - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall ... Adult / 520 Pages / Book is published 2007-03-01 by Civitas

Newest Review: ... in 1905 by Scottish educator H. E. Marshall (the H stands for Henrietta), and was the first of her history books. All her ... more

 ... books were written in a similar vein, forsaking dry renderings of history with mere timelines and dates of battles for the stories of the places themselves, and detailing the people and battles as stories. The other history works include Scotland's Story: A History of Scotland for Boys and Girls (1906), Our Empire Story (1908), History of France (1912), History of Germany (1913) , The Story of the United States (1919, though in 1917 published in the US as This Country of Ours) and Kings and Things (1937).. Each of these ...more

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Premium Review Our Island Story - Henrietta Elizabeth Marshall: History that Inspires (1282 words)
by - written on 17/09/08 (Very useful, 81 readings)
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This book was featured in the not too distant past by the Guardian newspaper who not only reviewed it, but ran special offers on copies of it . Likewise, the Economist, the Telegraph, and several other major newspapers have all also raved about it and participated in getting this book back into a steady print run and striving for a copy in every school in Britain.. Not needing the book at the time, I passed on the Guardian offer, and waited for cheaper copies of this public domain work to appear on Amazon. I knew they would, as it is a staple of many home education curriculums, and the interest from the newspaper articles would no doubt see interest peak for the book ...  Read the complete review

 

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