The little girl who fought the Great Depression Shirley Temple and 1930s America
(2014)
Nonfiction
Large Type
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LARGE TYPE/BIOGRAPHY/TEMPLE,S
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Details
PUBLISHED
Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2014
EDITION
Large print edition
DESCRIPTION
481 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
1410469123, 9781410469120, 9781410469120, 1410469123 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Originally published: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2014
Smile like Roosevelt -- Such a happy little face! -- Dancing along the color line -- The most adored child in the world -- Keeping Shirley's star aloft -- What's a private life? -- Epilogue: Shirley visits another president
"What distinguished Shirley Temple from every other Hollywood star of the period was how brilliantly she shone. Amid the deprivation and despair of the Great Depression, she radiated optimism and plucky good cheer that lifted the spirits of millions and shaped their collective character for generations to come"--Page 4 of cover