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Margaret Carver Leighton (1896–1987)

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Comanche of the Seventh (1957) 42 exemplar
Judith of France (1948) 26 exemplar
Cleopatra: Sister of the Moon (1853) 18 exemplar
The Canyon Castaways (1966) 12 exemplar
The Secret of the Old House (1941) 9 exemplar
The Sword and the Compass (1951) 7 exemplar

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Födelsedag
1896-12-20
Avled
1987-06-19
Kön
female
Nationalitet
USA
Födelseort
Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Dödsort
Santa Monica, California, USA
Bostadsorter
Westfield, New Jersey, USA
Ballston, Virginia, USA
Oberlin, Ohio, USA
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Santa Monica, California, USA
Utbildning
Radcliffe College (AB|1918)
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publishing house
children's book author
Organisationer
Westfield, New Jersey Board of Education (1930-1934)
Authors League of America
PEN, president, Los Angeles center (1957-1959)
Santa Monica, California, Public Library Board
Kort biografi
Margaret (Carver) Leighton was born December 20, 1896, at Oberlin, OH. Her school years were spent in Cambridge, MA, and, during her father's teaching sabbaticals, in France and Switzerland. After graduation from Radcliffe College in 1918, she worked for a publishing house until 1921 when she left to marry Herbert Leighton. Following her husband's untimely death in 1935, she moved to California where she began writing books for young readers. She earned several honors throughout her career including a Commonwealth Club of California Silver Medal for

She was a member of the Westfield, New Jersey, Board of Education from 1930-1934, a member of the Santa Monica, California, Public Library Board of Trustees, the Authors League of America, and P.E.N., serving as president at the Los Angeles center from 1957-1959.

Margaret Carver Leighton died on June 19, 1987, in Santa Monica, California.

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OakGrove-KFA | Mar 28, 2020 |
It was really great to get a chance to reread this book again; I was able to pin down some of the things that this book did well. In some ways, it almost seems tailor-made for me as a fourth-grader and is a book that I can certainly imagine other kids would find interesting.

The reader spends nearly half of the book in the early years of Cleopatra's life, the time before she met Caesar in the famous rug incident. It's actually a really smart move on the author's part, as the reader gets to know Cleopatra when she is around the age of the target audience. I remember reading this book as a young girl and feeling like I could relate to a lot of the things the young Cleopatra was experiencing - maturing, teasing, finding a love of learning, and learning how to navigate in the world of adults. It left me with a very personal connection, and the obsession that I have today.

The other half of the book focuses on the rest of her life, her relationships with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. The more salacious details are glossed over to keep it age-appropriate, and the complex politics of the ancient world are also streamlined. A good foundation is laid, though, if the reader decides to continue researching the story further.

As far as accuracy is concerned, there are a few details here and there that are incorrect, but Ms. Leighton states in the author's note that her primary resource for Cleopatra's life was the biography written in 1931 by Arthur Weigall. Archaeology has come quite a ways since then. Along the same lines, some of the names used are extremely dated. (Isis-Aphrodite, Zeus-Ammon.)That being said, Ms. Leighton does do a wonderful job of filling in the sparse details of Cleopatra's early life. The reader is given enough details to picture the palace, its surroundings and its inhabitants, but there are very few unnecessary details.

Cleopatra herself can come across as rather spoiled or self-centered sometimes, but nowhere near the level of George Bernard Shaw's version. She can also sound very sheltered at times, and the cynic in me can't help but wonder if that was even possible if one was to survive in the Ptolemaic court. That being said, she can also be very proud and headstrong, and overall reads as a very human person instead of a rigid historical character.

I will always have a very sentimental attachment to his book, but I would also recommend it to young people looking for an introduction to Cleopatra and her world. It's not just a dry recap of facts, but a book that paints a very human portrait of Cleopatra, especially in regard to her younger years.
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ReneBlock | Jan 9, 2015 |
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Verk
25
Även av
1
Medlemmar
812
Popularitet
#31,427
Betyg
½ 4.3
Recensioner
4
ISBN
17
Språk
3

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