For the first time, supporting character Mary Ware steps out of Annie Fellows Johnston’s hugely popular Little Colonel Series and into her very own collection of adventures.
With Mary Ware’s acceptance into Warwick Hall, a prestigious boarding school that had previously educated Lloyd Sherman, the Little Colonel, she quickly becomes a favored student with the headmistress, Madame Chartley. Madame Chartley grants Mary Ware the honor of living in the Little Colonel’s old dorm room, shared by fellow Warwick Hall student Ethelinda Hurst. Mary Ware, the naïve, unabashed, enthusiastic young woman from the deserts of Arizona, and Ethelinda Hurst, a spoiled, aristocratic brat from the suburbs of Chicago, affect and influence each others’ characters more than either could have predicted as they age and mature into proper young women.
Johnston’s Little Colonel Series enjoyed worldwide popularity in the early twentieth century, peaking in 1935 with the release of the eponymous film starring Shirley Temple. Through the success of her books, Johnston’s strong support of the female education movement and her own moral code influenced and impacted generations of young women even in the years following her death.
About the Author
Annie Fellows Johnston (1863-1931) was one of the most popular writers of her day. Johnston sold more than one million books during her lifetime, and Pelican Publishing Company is proud to reprint these timeless novels so that a new generation of readers can meet and fall in love with Mary Ware.
About the Illustrator
Etheldred B. Barry was an illustrator and author born in 1870 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. In addition to his work on this book, Barry wrote numerous other children’s titles.
MARY WARE, THE LITTLE COLONEL’S CHUM
By Annie Fellows Johnston
Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry
JUVENILE FICTION / Historical / United States / General
336 pp. 5 x 8
8 b/w illus.
Ages 8-12 Grades 3-6
Little Colonel Series
ISBN: 9781565548138 pb (F)