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Benedict Freedman (1919–2012)

Teoksen Mrs. Mike: The Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan tekijä

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Benedict Freedman was born in New York City on December 19, 1919. He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at the age of 13. He was studying math at Columbia University, but left at the age of 16 to help support his family after his father died. He became a writer for radio stars like Al näytä lisää Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Skelton and later wrote for television shows including My Favorite Martian and Mr. Skelton's comedy-variety hour. During World War II, he used his mathematics training to secure a job as a stress tester with Hughes Aircraft and worked on the Spruce Goose. He wrote numerous books with his wife Nancy Freedman. Their first novel, Mrs. Mike, was published in 1947. In 1949, it was adapted into a film starring Dick Powell and Evelyn Keyes. Their other works include The Spark and the Exodus, The Search for Joyful, and Kathy Little Bird. He went back to college and received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught math for many years at Occidental College, in Los Angeles. He died on February 24, 2012 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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14 Reader's Digest Books (1948) 13 kappaletta
Mrs. Mike [1949 film] (1998) — Original book — 1 kappale

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Found: Juvenile book, Name that Book (huhtikuu 2022)

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Here's what I wrote about this read in 2008: "Sequel to Mrs. Mike, written 50+ years after the first. Good, simple, heartwarming tale continues. NOTE: Critics were harsh on this one!"
 
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MGADMJK | 6 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 24, 2023 |
Here's what I wrote about this read in 2008: "Good, simple, heartwarming tale of early settlers / pioneers in the Canadian wilderness. Sargent Mike Flannigan; now he was a man to love. Written in ~1940's, with modern sequels subsequently read."
 
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MGADMJK | 39 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 24, 2023 |
This was recommended to me because I liked [a:Bess Streeter Aldrich|87735|Bess Streeter Aldrich|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1238917856p2/87735.jpg]. It doesn't have the same quality as hers, the characters don't step off the page, the community doesn't live. I think it's meant to chronicle personal growth but, while it does a good job imagining struggle, it doesn't capture it as well as, say [a:C S Lewis|18307282|C S Lewis|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. The best way to describe it would to be to say that it is the Canadian version of [b:Christy|35879889|Christy|Catherine Marshall|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507060335s/35879889.jpg|3158544].



It was also sold to me (by someone who was very unclear) as a non-fiction memoir. I would say that there was little evidence of mountains of research so, to be safe, I'd call it a historical fiction.
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OutOfTheBestBooks | 39 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Sep 24, 2021 |
In the early 1900s, Katherine (Kathy) is sent to Calgary, Alberta to live with her uncle due to her health, where she meets RCMP Mike. Although Kathy is only 16, they get married and move further north – where there aren’t many white women, and life is much more primitive than Kathy is used to.

Apparently this is based on a real person – I only found that out by looking at a few other reviews. I listened to the audio, which wavered in and out on holding my attention (or not). It was ok. Some parts I liked, but overall, ok. Had a hard time with a couple of parts about injured animals. I’m not sure I particularly liked any of the characters. Except for one secondary character (due to the unusual name), I tended to get those secondary characters mixed up. One of the good things, though, were descriptions of hardships encountered: loss, fire...… (lisätietoja)
 
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LibraryCin | 39 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jun 12, 2021 |

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