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What Katy Did (film)
''What Katy Did'' is an 1872 children's book written by Sarah Chauncey Woolsey under her pen name "Susan Coolidge". It follows the adventures of a twelve-year-old American girl, Katy Carr, and her family who live in the fictional lakeside Ohio town of Burnet in the 1860s. Katy is a tall untidy tomboy, forever getting into scrapes but wishing to be beautiful and beloved. When a terrible accident makes her an invalid, her illness and four-year recovery gradually teach her to be as good and kind as she has always wanted. Two sequels follow Katy as she grows up: ''What Katy Did at School'' and ''What Katy Did Next''. Two further sequels relating the adventures of Katy's younger siblings were also published—''Clover'' and '' In the High Valley''. There is also a short story about the Carr children, Curly Locks in a collection called Nine Little Goslings. The books were frequently reprinted and all are available online. Coolidge modeled Katy on her own childhood self, and the oth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Susan Coolidge
Sarah Chauncey Woolsey (January 29, 1835 – April 9, 1905) was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. Background Woolsey was born on January 29, 1835 into the wealthy, influential New England Dwight family, in Cleveland, Ohio. Her father was John Mumford Woolsey (1796–1870) and her mother Jane Andrews, and author and poet Gamel Woolsey was her niece. Her family moved to New Haven Connecticut in 1852. Woolsey worked as a nurse during the American Civil War (1861–1865), after which she started to write. She never married, and resided at her family home in Newport, Rhode Island, until her death. She edited ''The Autobiography and Correspondence of Mrs. Delaney'' (1879) and ''The Diary and Letters of Frances Burney'' (1880). She is best known for her classic children's novel ''What Katy Did'' (1872). The fictional Carr family was modeled after her own, with Katy Carr inspired by Woolsey herself. The brothers and sisters were modeled on h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |