O Ye Jigs & Juleps! - Hardcover

Hudson, Virginia Cary

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0884863816 ISBN 13: 9780884863816

Publisher: Inspirational Press, 2006

Synopsis

With the pixiness of Eloise and the innocence of Dennis the Menace, Virginia Cary Hudson was a sprite of ten when she wrote these essays for a very understanding teacher at the Episcopal boarding school she was attending in 1904. With over 1 million copies sold, this humorous collection of small-town Americana has become a modern-day classic, celebrating the honesty and charm of a child's world at the turn of the century. On Moses: "I got so tired of Moses walking forty years and never getting to where he was going. I sure would have bought myself a mule." On the library: "In the library there are signs. Silence. Mrs. Simons [the librarian] must not know they are there. She talks the whole long day." These naively trouncing concepts of school, church etiquette, and everlasting life are both a child's mischievous collection of impressions and an adult's hilarious comeuppance.

About this title

About the Author

Virginia Carey Hudson must have been a remarkable child--one that a teacher has only once or twice in a career. These essay are true events taken from her own life--each with a child's twist and perspective. She was approximately ten years old when these essays were written. They were discovered in 1960 in a locked attic trunk.

Edition details

• Publisher: Inspirational Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0884863816
• ISBN 13: 9780884863816
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Kuskin Karla
• Number of pages: 50