![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Book about-fine, dust jacket near-fine with only slight wear to extremities and a couple faint marks to rear panel. Thee Hannah Catch a glimpse of pre-Civil War Quaker life as Hannah and her family go to Meeting and to market, host a gathering of Friends, and enjoy ice. The story is told with De Angeli's particular sensitivity and features the specific historical detail-in both text and illustration-that makes her books so special. ![]() However, that changes after Hannah has a chance meeting with an escaped slave who admits that she initially trusted Hannah because of her distinctive Quaker bonnet. 4to 11" - 13" tall tall.įirst edition of this classic children's story set in Civil War-era Philadelphia and discussing the Underground Railroad, with striking and painterly illustrations by Marguerite De Angeli. Written and illustrated by two-time award-winner Marguerite De Angeli, Thee, Hannah! tells the story of a young Quaker girl growing up in Philadelphia just before the Civil War who longs to have colorful dresses and pretty bonnets instead of her plain, unadorned clothes. It seems that nine-year-old Hannah is always getting into scrapes as she struggles to grow up as a good Quaker girl. New York: Junior Books / Doubleday Doran, 1940.ġst Edition. Beautifully Written and Color-Illustrated by Herĭe Angeli, Marguerite. ![]()
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