Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
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Title: The Adventures of Poor Mrs. Quack
Author: illustrated by Harrison Cady Thornton W. Burgess
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
Published: 1945
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 189
Catalogs: Children's, Juvenile, Animals
Description: Brown textured paper-covered boards with black text on spine and illustration of Mrs. Quack on front board. Only the front portion of the dust-jacket is still extant. Decorative green and white illustrated pastedowns. Pages are unmarked. Illustrations throughout by Harrison Cady. This is a 1945 edition of a book originally published in 1917. One day, Peter Rabbit happens upon a surprise visitor to the Smiling Pool. It's Mrs. Quack the Duck, who is dreadfully upset after having narrowly escaped some hunters and their terrible guns. Worst of all, she has lost Mr. Quack, her husband, and doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Peter, Jerry Muskrat, and the other animals in the Green Forest vow to help Mrs. Quack find a safe place to live and to try and locate Mr. Quack. Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow, two of the sharpest-eyed animals in the Green Forest, are enlisted to help and soon the search is under way. Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for his daily newspaper column. Hardcover, good condition. 189 pages, 12mo.
Author: illustrated by Harrison Cady Thornton W. Burgess
Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York
Published: 1945
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Number of Pages: 189
Catalogs: Children's, Juvenile, Animals
Description: Brown textured paper-covered boards with black text on spine and illustration of Mrs. Quack on front board. Only the front portion of the dust-jacket is still extant. Decorative green and white illustrated pastedowns. Pages are unmarked. Illustrations throughout by Harrison Cady. This is a 1945 edition of a book originally published in 1917. One day, Peter Rabbit happens upon a surprise visitor to the Smiling Pool. It's Mrs. Quack the Duck, who is dreadfully upset after having narrowly escaped some hunters and their terrible guns. Worst of all, she has lost Mr. Quack, her husband, and doesn't know whether he is alive or dead. Peter, Jerry Muskrat, and the other animals in the Green Forest vow to help Mrs. Quack find a safe place to live and to try and locate Mr. Quack. Sammy Jay and Blacky the Crow, two of the sharpest-eyed animals in the Green Forest, are enlisted to help and soon the search is under way. Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874-1965) was an American conservationist and author of children's stories. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for his daily newspaper column. Hardcover, good condition. 189 pages, 12mo.
