The Reader’s Notebook: Mary Mapes Dodge

January 26, 2022 — Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge was an American children’s author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the…

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January 26, 2022
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January 26, 2022 — Mary Elizabeth Mapes Dodge was an American children’s author and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker. She was the recognized leader in juvenile literature for almost a third of the nineteenth century.

  

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