Best known for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, written with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough was one of the most popular writers of this century. How Dear to My Heart, first published in 1944, is her tribute to a happy childhood spent in Muncie, Indiana, a humorous glance over her shoulder at the way things used to be. "This is more than a funny book, a period piece. Dignity and love are never quaint. They were the essence of this civilization. They are the essence of a book which is going to be dear to a lot of ...
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Best known for Our Hearts Were Young and Gay, written with Cornelia Otis Skinner, Emily Kimbrough was one of the most popular writers of this century. How Dear to My Heart, first published in 1944, is her tribute to a happy childhood spent in Muncie, Indiana, a humorous glance over her shoulder at the way things used to be. "This is more than a funny book, a period piece. Dignity and love are never quaint. They were the essence of this civilization. They are the essence of a book which is going to be dear to a lot of hearts besides the author." --Boston Globe (on the original publication) ..". poignant, evocative, humorous." --Indiana Magazine of History
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Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. Hardcover in dust jacket. First printing of first edition. Book is crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. Unclipped dust jacket ($2.50) s fresh and bright, with noticeable chipping on front edge. Illustrated with drawings and cover art by Helen E. Hokinson. By the author of Our Hearts Were Young and Gay. 8vo. 267 pp. In protective Mylar.
Well-written and witty. This book was delightful from beginning to end. The author relates many of her childhood experiences - even the naughty ones. She was, no doubt, an innovative and perhaps even precocious child with an interesting family.
