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Book - Fictional Story, Eleanor Hodgman Porter, The Story of Marco, Between 1912-1937
... Burt specialised almost entirely in cheap reprints of already-successful fiction, such as Zane Grey, Conan Doyle, Tarzan and the Bobbsey Twins, rather than original first editions; they'd buy reprint rights from the original publisher and issue inexpensive hardcover editions for the mass market. ...Burt specialised almost entirely in cheap reprints of already-successful fiction, such as Zane Grey, Conan Doyle, Tarzan and the Bobbsey Twins, rather than original first editions; they'd buy reprint rights from the original publisher and issue inexpensive hardcover editions for the mass market. ...
The Story of Marco, first published in 1911, was Eleanor H. Porter's third novel, and the first in which music plays a central role in her fiction. The story opens in the fictional mining town of Gaylordville, Pennsylvania, where a band of gypsies has decamped, leaving behind a sick woman and her nine-year-old boy, Marco Ferdinando Bonelli. After his mother dies, Marco, a gifted violinist, has to make his own way in the world, eventually setting out to find the sister who left with the gypsy band. Along the way he's helped by a series of kind people, and the book follows his growth from a homeless, penniless boy into a young man who repays the kindness shown to him. It's a "rags-to-character" story typical of Porter, aimed at the same teenage readership as Pollyanna.
Hard cover book. The Story of Marco
Author: Eleanor Hodgman Porter
Publisher: A L Burt & Co
Date: 1912-1937
Further Information: Light blue Cloth hardcover with no publication lettering only hand written title in black texter to spine. The spine has a Library label with an inscription.fictionThe Story of Marco, first published in 1911, was Eleanor H. Porter's third novel, and the first in which music plays a central role in her fiction. The story opens in the fictional mining town of Gaylordville, Pennsylvania, where a band of gypsies has decamped, leaving behind a sick woman and her nine-year-old boy, Marco Ferdinando Bonelli. After his mother dies, Marco, a gifted violinist, has to make his own way in the world, eventually setting out to find the sister who left with the gypsy band. Along the way he's helped by a series of kind people, and the book follows his growth from a homeless, penniless boy into a young man who repays the kindness shown to him. It's a "rags-to-character" story typical of Porter, aimed at the same teenage readership as Pollyanna.warrnambool, shipwrecked-coast, flagstaff-hill, flagstaff-hill-maritime-museum, maritime-museum, shipwreck-coast, flagstaff-hill-maritime-village, shipwrecked-artefact, book, the story of marco, eleanor h porter, warrnambool mechanics’ institute, pattison collection, warrnambool library, ralph eric pattison, corangamite regional library service, warrnambool city librarian, mechanics’ institute library, victorian library board, warrnambool books and records, warrnambool children’s library
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