Publisher |
SMK Books |
Publication Year |
2018 |
ISBN-13 |
9781515401476 |
ISBN-10 |
9781515401476 |
Binding |
Paperback |
Number of Pages |
148 Pages |
Language |
(English) |
Dimensions (Cms) |
15.24 x 0.81 x 22.86 |
Weight (grms) |
482 |
Jacob Abbott was a prolific author, writing juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader, and a few works in popular science. Check out the following list of books to take and exciting, informative, and easy to understand stroll through history
Alexander the Great, Alfred the Great, Charles I, Charles II, Cleopatra, Cyrus the Great, Darius the Great, Ghengis Khan, Hannibal, History of Julius Caesar, Margaret of Anjou, Mary, Queen of Scots, Nero, Peter the Great, Pyyrhus, Queen Elizabeth, Richard I, Richard II, Richard III, Romulus, William the Conqueror, Xerxes
Jacob Abbott
Born in November 1803, at Hallowell, Maine, Jacob Abbott was a prolific author of juvenile fiction, brief histories, biographies, religious books for the general reader and a few works in popular science. His first books including the Young Christian; or, a Familiar Illustration of the Principles of Christian Duty (1832), were published while he was working at Mount Vernon as its principal. In 1835, he published the Little Scholar Learning to Talk: A Picture Book for Rollo which was later reissued as Rollo Learning to Talk. It became the first in the Rollo Series which had fourteen books. This series is the best known of his writings. Jacob Abbott died in 1879 in Farmington, Maine, aged seventy-five. He authored one hundred and eighty books and edited or co-authored thirty-one. His children’s series, especially Franconia stories have been praised for their depiction of children and their storytelling approach. His works continue to be widely read and acclaimed.
Jacob Abbott
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