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Mary Calhoun has written 35 work(s)
Hardcover:
9780688220921 | William Morrow & Co, March 1, 1977, cover price $7.75 | About this edition: An adaptation of a Cornish folktale that tells of the misfortunes that befall a man who tries to outwit a woman thought to be a witch.
Describes the medicine shows that not only sold cure-all medicines but also provided entertainment to small towns from mid-nineteenth century to mid-twentieth century.
Library:
9780060209308 | Harpercollins, November 1, 1976, cover price $10.89 | About this edition: An account of the organization, itineraries, concocted goods, and staged entertainments and come-ons of American medicine shows of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
School and Library:
9780819308368 | Atheneum, August 1, 1976, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: Curious to see where a sudden flood is going, an old woman packs her broom and pig into her boat and sets out to follow it
Hardcover:
9780819307873, titled "Old Man Whickutt's Donkey" | Atheneum, March 1, 1975, cover price $6.50 | About this edition: In this retelling of La Fontaine's fable, a man, a boy, and a donkey, enroute to the miller with a sack of corn, are criticized by their neighbors no matter who walks and who rides.
Hardcover:
9780811642507 | Garrard Pub Co, June 1, 1971, cover price $8.22 | About this edition: A fictionalized account of the United States Army's efforts to utilize camels in the Southwest Territory in 1857.
Library:
9780688317621 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1964, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: After one of her black cats has a yellow kitten, a wicked old witch turns into a loving and good one.
Library:
9780060209360 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1963, cover price $12.89 | About this edition: Relates the adventures of a young girl as she becomes a teen-ager
Library:
9780688317133 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1962, cover price $15.93 | About this edition: An enchanting tale of an impoverished Irishman, the leprechaun he captured and their discovery of the potato
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9780060209513 | Harpercollins, June 1, 1960, cover price $16.89 | About this edition: At first Katie lacks enthusiasm for her summer in Missouri, but by the close of the vacation her attitudes change
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9780688316211 | William Morrow & Co, June 1, 1958, cover price $14.93 | About this edition: When Wobble cannot ride the thin, slippery handle of Maggie's new broom, she must make an ingenious substitution
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