Columbus story alice dalgliesh biography

With the quiet dignity of her other stories from American history, Alice Dalgleish has chosen the events in Columbus' life most directly connected with his great adventure and narrates them simply and meaningfully. She telescopes the admiral's life, but her viewing glass renders a true image:- of the imagination-charged boyhood in Genoa, of early sea and map making work, of the long struggle to get Funds and permission for his bold undertaking, and of the satisfaction of finding what he was looking for. Accompanying pictures are by Leo Politi, rugged and colorful settings to a sturdy story.

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American writer

Alice Dalgliesh (October 7, 1893 – June 11, 1979) was a naturalized American writer and publisher who wrote more than 40 fiction and non-fiction books, mainly for children. She has been called "a pioneer in the field of children's historical fiction".^[1] Three of her books were runners-up for the annual Newbery Medal, the partly autobiographical The Silver Pencil, The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, and The Courage of Sarah Noble, which was also named to the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list.

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