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Rosalie Ida Straus (née Blün; February 6, 1849 – April 15, 1912) was a German-American homemaker and wife of Isidor Straus, U.S. Congressman and co-owner of the Macy's department store. She and her husband died during the sinking of the Titanic .
A children's book series is a set of fiction books, written specifically for child readers. Most books have with a connected storyline, filled with a setup of intertwining elements for the reader to follow along in the progressing plot.
This is a list of classic children's books published no later than 2008 and still available in the English language. [1] [2] [3] Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children.
Isidor Straus (February 6, 1845 – April 15, 1912) was a Bavarian-born American businessman, politician and co-owner of Macy's department store with his brother Nathan.He also served for just over a year as a member of the United States House of Representatives, representing the state of New York. [2]
OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush’s wife, Wendy Rush, is the great-great-granddaughter of first-class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus, according to archival records published by The New York Times on ...
The Boxcar Children: 1924 as Box-Car Children; reissued 1942 2 Surprise Island: 1949 3 The Yellow House Mystery: 1953 4 Mystery Ranch: 1958 5 Mike's Mystery: 1960 6 Blue Bay Mystery: 1961 7 The Woodshed Mystery: 1962 8 The Lighthouse Mystery: 1963 9 Mountain Top Mystery: 1964 10 Schoolhouse Mystery: 1965 11 Caboose Mystery: 1966 12 Houseboat ...
Lady Amabel Kerr (1846–1906) – A Bible Picture Book for Catholic Children, Lives of the Saints for Children; P. B. Kerr (1956–2018) – Children of the Lamp series; Alexander Key (1904–1979) – Escape to Witch Mountain, The Forgotten Door, The Case of the Vanishing Boy; Dorothy Kilner (1755–1836) – The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse
The book is notable as being the first in which Laura's age is historically accurate. (In 1880 she would have been 13, as she states in the first chapter.) However, Almanzo Wilder's age is misrepresented. Much is made of the fact that he is 19 pretending to be 21 in order to obtain a homestead claim from the US government.