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Laura: A Portrait of Laura Secord is Helen Caister Robinson’s fourth book and her third biography for young readers. Mrs. Robinson is able to draw incisively the personality of each character she profiles, but also to depict vividly the times in which each one lived: the customs, the perceptions, and the problems.
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When Helen Robinson focusses on a particular event, she truly engrosses the reader. She has a delicate touch, a compassionate perception, a sure understanding of human emotion and she can, without oversentimentalizing or being mawkish, bring real tears to the eyes of hardened adult readers. (Anita Krumins WQ Reviews)
Born in Tavistock, Ontario, Helen Caister Robinson was educated there and in Toronto, where she now lives.
Her interest in Laura Secord grew out of her research for two previous historical biographies, Joseph Brant: A Man for His People (1971), and Mistress Molly the Brown Lady: A Portrait of Molly Brant (1980).
An active member of the Canadian Authors Association, the Toronto Women's Press Club, the Writer's Union, Canscaip (the Canadian Society of Children's Authors, Illustrators & Performers) and the Big Sister's Association, her previous books include Decades of Caring (1979), the history of the Big Sister's Association in Toronto. Her numerous articles include contributions to the Canadian Children's Annual, Canada, and Your Home.
Mrs. Robinson's special writing interest is making both Canadian history and natural history come alive for young adult readers, and Laura reflects that interest.
Laura: A Portrait of Laura Secord is Helen Caister Robinson's fourth book and her third biography for young readers. Mrs. Robinson is able to draw incisively the personality of each character she profiles, but also to depict vividly the times in which each one lived: the customs, the perceptions, and the problems.
When Helen Robinson focusses on a particular event, she truly engrosses the reader. She has a delicate touch, a compassionate perception, a sure understanding of human emotion and she can, without oversentimentalizing or being mawkish, bring real tears to the eyes of hardened adult readers. (Anita Krumins WQ Reviews)
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- PublisherDundurn Press
- Publication date1981
- ISBN 10 0919670539
- ISBN 13 9780919670532
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages240
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Laura: A Portrait of Laura Secord (Canadian Heroines)
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition (published simultaneously with the hardcover release) first printing of a near fine softcover with a crease on the front cover and a crease on the back cover, with no jacket as issued. The story of Laura Secord, Canadian heroine, who during the War Of 1812 walked 32kms/20miles to warn the British of an attack by the Americans in 1813 on Upper Canada. This copy is inscribed and signed by the author to fellow writer Florence Burns on the title page. Inscribed by Author. Seller Inventory # 2076
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