tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post217211315298021315..comments2024-03-23T12:38:46.260+00:00Comments on The History Girls: LUCY FITCH PERKINS AND HER "TWINS" by Penny DolanMary Hoffmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241989732624913706noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26072230108324897642016-07-17T21:14:21.782+01:002016-07-17T21:14:21.782+01:00Oh, thank you for reminding me of these books, Pen...Oh, thank you for reminding me of these books, Penny! There were quite a few of them in the old children's library at Bexleyheath in the early 1950s and I read them all and loved them. They had engaging, realistic stories that encouraged my interest in history. My favourites were the Cave Twins and the Greek Twins (which may, in fact, have been the Spartan twins). Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-20666646625411913172016-07-17T19:23:09.303+01:002016-07-17T19:23:09.303+01:00Coincidentally, I was just discussing twins in boo...Coincidentally, I was just discussing twins in books the other day with another blogger. I desperately wanted to be a twin when I was a child, probably based on reading The Twins of St Clare!s and these books - but I could not remember the authors' name. Now I know, so thank you! They all seemed historic to me in the 60s, I'm not sure if I was aware of when exactly they were written. I particularly remember The Pioneer Twins. *Goes off to check Kindle Store*Anabel Marshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15643196773717977697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-33282064309148694612016-07-17T16:51:34.098+01:002016-07-17T16:51:34.098+01:00Thank you for reminding me of these books, Penny. ...Thank you for reminding me of these books, Penny. I do remember them on the sunny shelves of our school library, and reading one or two. I might just go over and download that Kindle book of them all!Jean Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04805479454940218153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-47079985896357787052016-07-17T16:34:18.160+01:002016-07-17T16:34:18.160+01:00Thanks for all your corrections, aoelfsk! Much app...Thanks for all your corrections, aoelfsk! Much appreciated. (I was probably just too excited about actually typing the word Kalamazoo, which doesn't come up much here in Yorkshire, UK.) I'm also thinking that maybe I should move "get new glasses" higher up my To Do list.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-62749766586481088832016-07-17T16:04:49.382+01:002016-07-17T16:04:49.382+01:00Very interesting story. However, I think you may h...Very interesting story. However, I think you may have the various U.S. locations a bit mixed; there is no Kalamazoo Massachusetts. Kalamazoo is in Michigan, in the Midwest. A brief search shows me Ms. Fitch briefly lived in Hopkinton, Massachusetts (which interestingly is the starting line of the Boston Marathon, 26 miles west of Boston). She then spent the rest of her childhood in Kalamazoo, Michigan before going to college back in Boston, with most of the rest of her life spent in Chicago. Truly a remarkable woman!aoelfjskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10190116691514122421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-59728795368435414032016-07-17T13:16:27.135+01:002016-07-17T13:16:27.135+01:00If you don't mind reading them without the ill...If you don't mind reading them without the illustrations, several of them are in the public domain, on Project Gutenberg. Otherwise, iBooks has a volume of 13 of her works under one cover for $3.99.Sue Bursztynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09362273418897882971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-74261381822591556972016-07-17T11:54:24.557+01:002016-07-17T11:54:24.557+01:00I hadn't heard of her either. Isn't that i...I hadn't heard of her either. Isn't that interesting, the philosophy behind her books? Very relevant today...Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-89379490064560444422016-07-17T10:39:39.936+01:002016-07-17T10:39:39.936+01:00What a great concept! I hadn't heard of her b...What a great concept! I hadn't heard of her before, but glad to learn about her now!Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-21657683860436776252016-07-17T10:30:42.816+01:002016-07-17T10:30:42.816+01:00Oh, how interesting, catdownunder. I am not sure o...Oh, how interesting, catdownunder. I am not sure of the quality of the Twins writing either, but the inclusive and welcoming intention behind those books was something that made me feel happier during the current UK turmoil - as well as thinking on the number of children's, teens & Y/A writers around now with similar aims and hopes.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5502671101756463249.post-26906260388078622302016-07-17T06:55:22.365+01:002016-07-17T06:55:22.365+01:00I have a good many of these titles. They were give...I have a good many of these titles. They were given to a local charity shop and the person who does the books there stopped me in the street and asked if I'd like to have them. He didn't want to put them on the shelf because "they are too old fashioned". I offered to pay for them of course and, at the usual shop price of Aus 50c they were a bargain.<br />The young Whirlwind read them and quite a lot of her friends did too - even though they found them rather strange.catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com