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    612-822-4611

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Sturdy and strong, or, How George Andrews made his way, By G. A. Henty: History Fiction

Sturdy and strong, or, How George Andrews made his way, By G. A. Henty: History Fiction

Henty, G. a.

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Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 1537065068
ISBN13: 9781537065069
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Aug 14 2016
Pages: 110
Weight: 0.52
Height: 0.23 Width: 7.99 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
The history of a hero of everyday life, whose love of truth, clothing of modesty, and innate pluck, carry him, naturally, from poverty to affluence. George Alfred Henty (8 December 1832 - 16 November 1902) was a prolific English novelist and war correspondent.He is best known for his historical adventure stories that were popular in the late 19th century. His works include The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883) and In Freedom's Cause (1885).George Alfred Henty, better known as G.A. Henty, began his storytelling career with his own children. After dinner, he would spend and hour or two in telling them a story that would continue the next day. Some stories took weeks! A friend was present one day and watched the spell-bound reaction of his children suggesting Henty write down his stories so others could enjoy them. He did. Henty wrote approximately 144 books in addition to stories for magazines and was known as The Prince of Story-Tellers and The Boy's Own Historian. One of Mr. Henty's secretaries reported that he would quickly pace back and forth in his study dictating stories as fast as the secretary could record them.His children's novels typically revolved around a boy or young man living in troubled times. These ranged from the Punic War to more recent conflicts such as the Napoleonic Wars or the American Civil War. Henty's heroes - which occasionally included young ladies - are uniformly intelligent, courageous, honest and resourceful with plenty of 'pluck' yet are also modest..

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