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Esther Forbes

28 June 1891 - 12 August 1967

Esther Forbes was born in Westborough, Massachusetts. In 1898 she moved with her family to Worcester, Massachusetts, where she was educated at the Bancroft School. Although vision problems impaired her studies, she thrived on creative writing assignments. In 1912, she graduated from Bradford Junior Academy. In 1918, she moved to Boston and worked as an editor at Houghton Mifflin Company. In 1926, her first novel, Oh Genteel Lady!, was published. That same year, she married, but was divorced in 1933.

Over the course of her career Forbes published 11 books, including the biography Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (1942), which won the Pulitzer Prize for History, and the historical novel Johnny Tremain (1943), which won the 1944 Newbery Medal. She died in 1967 in Worcester, Massachusetts.

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  • Cover of: Johnny Tremain

    First published in 1943 70 editions in 3 languages — 11 previewable Cover of edition johnnytremain0000forb Cover of edition johnnytremain00forb_1 Cover of edition johnnytremain00forb_0 Cover of edition johnnytremainnov00forb_1 Cover of edition johnnytremain00forb_2 Cover of edition johnnytremainrel0000forb Cover of edition johnnytremainnov00forb_0 Cover of edition johnnytremain0000esth_l0o5 Cover of edition johnnytremain00forb
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  • Cover of: Paul Revere and the World He Lived In

    First published in 1942 25 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition paulrevereworldh00forb Cover of edition paulrevereworldh0000forb_t5z6 Cover of edition paulrevereworl00forb Cover of edition paulrevereworld00forb
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  • Cover of: A mirror for witches: in which is reflected the life, machinations, and death of famous Doll Bilby, who, with a more than feminine perversity, preferred a demon to a mortal lover. Here is also told how and why a righteous and most awfull judgment befell her, destroying both corporeal body and immortal soul.

    First published in 1928 14 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition mirrorforwitches00forb_1 Cover of edition mirrorforwitches00forb Cover of edition isbn_0440956641
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  • Cover of: Rainbow on the road

    First published in 1954 7 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: America's Paul Revere

    First published in 1946 7 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition americaspaulreve00forb
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  • Cover of: What happened in Salem?: Documents pertaining to the seventeenth-century witchcraft trials.

    First published in 1952 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The General's Lady

    First published in 1938 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The running of the tide

    First published in 1948 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition runningoftide00forbrich
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  • Cover of: O genteel lady!

    First published in 1926 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The United States in Literature

    First published in 1963 5 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000paul Cover of edition unitedstatesinli00blai Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000walt Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000robe_m8w1
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  • Cover of: Miss Marvel

    First published in 1935 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Anne Douglas Sedgwick: an interview, and appreciations by William Lyon Phelps [and others]

    First published in 1920 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Boston book.

    First published in 1947 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Paul Revere tries his hand at dentistry: excerpts from Paul Revere & the world he lived in

    First published in 1942 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Johnny Tremain: and related readings

    First published in 1997 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Subjects
Fiction, History, American Revolution (1775-1783) fast (OCoLC)fst01351668, American literature, Biography, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Juvenile fiction, Mass Salem, Revere, paul, 1735-1818, Revere, paul, 1735-1818, juvenile literature, Statesmen, Trials (Witchcraft), Witchcraft, American drama, Boston (Mass.), Boston (mass.), fiction, Boston Tea Party, 1773, Boys, fiction, Brothers and sisters, Children's fiction, Children's stories, Civilization, Drama, Families, Family
Places
Massachusetts, Salem (Mass.), United States, Boston (Mass.), Salem, Boston, History, Missouri, New England, Saint Louis
People
Paul Revere (1735-1818), Amanda Wingfield, Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873-1935), Esther Forbes, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Tom Wingfield
Time
Revolution, 1775-1783, 1775-1783, 1775-1783, Revolution, 17th century, 19th century, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, Confederation, 1783-1789, Revolution, to 1783

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  • Esther Hoskins Forbes
  • ESTHER FORBES
  • Esther. Forbes
  • Ester Forbes
  • Ester forbes

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