''Captain January'' is an 1891 children's novel, written by

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. It was later adapted into two films, the 1924 silent film '' Captain January'', starring

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and the 1936 musical film '' Captain January'', starring

Shirley Temple Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple;While Temple occasionally used "Jane" as a middle name, her birth certificate reads "Shirley Temple". Her birth certificate was altered to prolong her babyhood shortly after she signed with Fox in ...

.''Captain January'' (1936) at the Internet Movie Database
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and his little girl, Star.

Editions

*Boston, Estes & Lauriat, 1891, 1893, 1897 *Boston, D. Estes & company

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*New York, Random House

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(combined ed. with ''The Little Colonel'' by

Annie Fellows Johnston Annie Fellows Johnston (1863–1931) was an American author of children's fiction who wrote the popular ''The Little Colonel'' series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film '' The Little Colonel''; many of the books were illustra ...

) *Anthologized in ''The Shirley Temple Treasury'' (Random, 1959) with ''The Little Colonel'', ''Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm'' and ''Heidi''.

References

External links

Online text at Project Gutenberg
1891 American novels American children's novels American novels adapted into films 1890s children's books Works set in lighthouses {{1890s-child-novel-stub