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Frank R. Stockton

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Frank Richard Stockton (April 5, 1834 – April 20, 1902) was an American writer and humorist, best known today for a series of innovative children's fairy tales that were widely popular during the last decades of the 19th century. [1]

15 relations: Burlington, New Jersey, Charles Scribner's Sons, Charles Town, West Virginia, Dora Wheeler Keith, Hearth and Home, Lewis Carroll Shelf Award, Maurice Sendak, Methodism, Minister (Christianity), Nutley, New Jersey, Philadelphia, Scribner's Monthly, The Adventures of Captain Horn, The Lady, or the Tiger?, The Woodlands (Philadelphia).

Burlington, New Jersey

Burlington is a city in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States and a suburb of Philadelphia.

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Charles Scribner's Sons

Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner's or Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon Holmes, Don DeLillo, and Edith Wharton.

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Charles Town, West Virginia

Charles Town, officially the City of Charles Town, is a city in Jefferson County, West Virginia, and is also the county seat.

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Dora Wheeler Keith

Dora Wheeler Keith (1856–1940) née Dora Wheeler, also known as Mrs.

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Hearth and Home

Hearth and Home was an American weekly illustrated magazine which was published from 1868 to 1875.

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Lewis Carroll Shelf Award

The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was an American literary award conferred on several books annually by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979.

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Maurice Sendak

Maurice Bernard Sendak (June 10, 1928 – May 8, 2012) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books.

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Methodism

Methodism or the Methodist movement is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their inspiration from the life and teachings of John Wesley, an Anglican minister in England.

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Minister (Christianity)

In Christianity, a minister is a person authorized by a church, or other religious organization, to perform functions such as teaching of beliefs; leading services such as weddings, baptisms or funerals; or otherwise providing spiritual guidance to the community.

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Nutley, New Jersey

Nutley is a township in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Scribner's Monthly

Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People was an illustrated American literary periodical published from 1870 until 1881.

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The Adventures of Captain Horn

The Adventures of Captain Horn is an 1895 adventure novel by Frank R. Stockton that was the third-best selling book in the United States in 1895.

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The Lady, or the Tiger?

"The Lady, or the Tiger?" is a much-anthologized short story written by Frank R. Stockton for publication in the magazine The Century in 1882.

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The Woodlands (Philadelphia)

The Woodlands is a National Historic Landmark District on the west bank of the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_R._Stockton

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