The Story of Stephen Foster

Year of Publication
1954
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
180 p.
Language
English
Author
Illustrator: Jo Polseno
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
City
New York
Genre
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Abstract

A novelized biography for children of Stephen Foster, the great American ballad writer from Pittsburgh.

Notes

North Side is referred to as Allegheny City, as it was then known.

Author Biography

Esther Douty (1909-78), who grew up in North Carolina and graduated from Duke University, was the author of 14 historical and biographical books for children. Jo Polseno (1924-91), born Bridgeport, Connecticut, was an illustrator.

Time

1820s-50

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