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In 1870, an eight-year-old girl named Mary Kingsley lived in a small house on a lonely lane outside London, England. Her mother was bedridden and her father was rarely home. Mary did not go to school. She served as housekeeper, handyman, nursemaid, and servant, for years. In 1893 Mary traveled to West Africa and proceeded to embark on an astonishing journey of discovery. In her high-necked blouse, long skirt, and Victorian boots, she endured the brutal heat and hardships of Africa, and thrived. With luminous watercolors and a lively text, Don Brown tells the fascinating story of a most uncommon woman.
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- Title Uncommon Traveler
- Author Brown, Don
- Binding Hardback - picture book
- Edition Library Binding
- Pages 32
- Language EN
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Date 2000-09-26
- ISBN 9780618002733
Media reviews
"A grand introduction to the woman and an inspiring story about perseverance, this is an uncommonly good book about an uncommon traveler." Booklist, starred review (7/00) Booklist, ALA, Starred Review
"Brown brings each detail to life through vivid imagery." The Bulletin, starred review (78/00) The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred
"Readers will welcome Brown’s unflappable Mary Kingsley to the growing number of picture books about newly-recognized female explorers." Horn Book, starred review (Sept/Oct 2000) Horn Book, Starred
"Brown manages to get a lot into a few graceful vignettes, and he does the same with his watercolors, using a blue-green and gold-brown palette to evoke London and jungle, desert and heat." Kirkus Reviews (6/15/00) Kirkus Reviews
"Mary emerges as an intrepid and admirable character." Publishers Weekly (8/21/00) Publishers Weekly
"Brown brings each detail to life through vivid imagery." The Bulletin, starred review (78/00) The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, Starred
"Readers will welcome Brown’s unflappable Mary Kingsley to the growing number of picture books about newly-recognized female explorers." Horn Book, starred review (Sept/Oct 2000) Horn Book, Starred
"Brown manages to get a lot into a few graceful vignettes, and he does the same with his watercolors, using a blue-green and gold-brown palette to evoke London and jungle, desert and heat." Kirkus Reviews (6/15/00) Kirkus Reviews
"Mary emerges as an intrepid and admirable character." Publishers Weekly (8/21/00) Publishers Weekly
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Houghton Mifflin, Wilmington, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 2000, 2000. Hardcover. Good/Very Good. Illus By Author. Squarish quarto, hardcover, VG ex library in blue and green pictorial dj in mylar. After a reclusive childhood spent dutifully nursing her mother and educating herself through books (she was never sent to school), Mary determines to see the world and sets off in 1892, at age 30, for the wilds of West Africa. Exploring the country in full proper Victorian dress...Accompanied by appealingly impressionistic art, a flurry of lines blurred with smoky color. Mary emerges as an intrepid and admirable character.
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