Papa is a poet a story about Robert Frost
"When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write 'poetry that talked,' and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a ti...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Christy Ottaviano Books/Henry Holt and Company,
2013.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "When Robert Frost was a child, his family thought he would grow up to be a baseball player. Instead, he became a poet. His life on a farm in New Hampshire inspired him to write 'poetry that talked,' and today he is famous for his vivid descriptions of the rural life he loved so much. There was a time, though, when Frost had to struggle to get his poetry published. Told from the point of view of Lesley, Robert Frost's oldest daughter, this is the story of how a lover of language found his voice"-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 x 29 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780805094077 (hbk.) 0805094075 (hbk.) |
| Author Notes: | Bober was born Natalie Birnbaum on December 27, 1930 in New York City, the daughter of Samuel, who worked in real estate, and Dolly, an editor, researcher, and indexer. Bober was attending Hunter College when she married Lawrence Bober, a banker, in 1950. She continued her studies, receiving her B.A. from Hunter in 1951, and later earned a M.S. from Hofstra University in 1966. Her works include Thomas Jefferson: Man on a Mountain (Atheneum, 1988) which garnered critical praise. She also wrote another historical biography: Abigail Adams: Witness to a Revolution (Atheneum, 1995). That title was named the winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction and also won SCBWI¿s Golden Kite Award. In all, she published 11 books for young readers. (Bowker Author Biography) |
