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Gertrude Chandler Warner

Gertrude Chandler Warner was an American author, mainly of children's stories. She was most famous for writing the original book of The Boxcar Children and for the next eighteen books in the series.

Warner once said that she did much of her writing while convalescing from illnesses or accidents, and that she conceived the idea of The Boxcar Children while sick at home. Of this, she said, "I had to stay at home from school because of an attack of bronchitis. Having written a series of eight books to order for a religious organization, I decided to write a book just to suit myself. What would I like to do? Well, I would like to live in a freight car, or a caboose. I would hang my wash out on the little back piazza and cook my stew on the little rusty stove found in the caboose."

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Born 1890
Died 1979

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  • Cover of: The Box-car Children

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  • Cover of: Mystery Ranch (Pilot Books)

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  • Cover of: Surprise Island

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  • Cover of: The Yellow House Mystery (The Boxcar Children, No. 3)

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  • Cover of: Mike's Mystery

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  • Cover of: The Lighthouse Mystery

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  • Cover of: The woodshed mystery: [" Xiao mu wu zhi mi " de fu shu tu shu]

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  • Cover of: Blue Bay Mystery

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  • Cover of: Houseboat Mystery

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  • Cover of: SCHOOLHOUSE MYSTERY

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  • Cover of: Boxcar Children: Snowbound Mystery

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    First published in 1993 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: The Mystery of the Mummy's Curse

    First published in 2002 — 18 editions
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  • Cover of: Tree House Mystery

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  • Cover of: Mystery Behind the Wall (the Boxcar Children: Time to Read, Level 2)

    First published in 1973 — 17 editions
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  • Cover of: Mystery in the Sand

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  • Cover of: Bicycle Mystery

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  • Cover of: Benny Uncovers a Mystery

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  • Cover of: The ghost ship mystery

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Born 1890
Died 1979

Subjects

Children's fiction, Mystery and detective stories, Orphans, fiction, series:BoxcarChildren, Fiction, Orphans, Brothers and sisters, Juvenile fiction, Boxcar children (fictitious characters), fiction, Boxcar children (Fictitious characters), Siblings, fiction, Brothers and sisters, fiction, Detective and mystery stories, collectionID:Boxcar3, collectionID:Boxcar4, Mystery fiction, Families, Family, Siblings, collectionID:Boxcar2, Family, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Brothers and sisters in fiction, Orphans in fiction, collectionID:BoxcarSS

Places

Canada, New York (N.Y.), Adirondack Mountains (N.Y.), Alabama, Alamo (San Antonio, Tex.), Alaska, Arizona, Birthdays, CONNECTICUT, Charleston (S.C.), Chicago (Ill.), Everglades National Park (Fla.), Florida Keys (Fla.), Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Ireland, London (England), Mei guo, Michigan, Middlesex, Mississippi River, New England, New Jersey, New Mexico

People

Alice, Aunt Jane, BENNY ALLDEN AND WATCH, Benjamin Alden, Boxcar Children, Dr. McAllister, Dr. Moore, Henry James Alden, James Henry Alden, Jessica Alden, John Carter, John Joseph Alden, Mike, Mrs. McGregor, Uncle Andy, Violet Alden, Watch

Time

BENNY ALDEN AND WATCH ADVENTURES, Xian dai .

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Alternative names

  • Gertrud Chandler Warner
  • Gertrude Warner
  • GERTRUDE CHANDLER WARNER
  • gertrude chandler warner
  • Gertrude Chandler 1890-1979 Warner
  • Gertrude C. Warner
  • Gertrude Handler Warner
  • The Boxcar The Boxcar Children
  • gertrude-chandler-warner-illustrated-by-charles-tang
  • Gertrude Chandler Warner,Charles Tang
  • Warner, Gertrude Chandler

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August 22, 2024 Edited by Tauriel063 merge authors
July 8, 2024 Edited by raybb merge authors
March 24, 2023 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
January 18, 2023 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import