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From 1895 to 1912, Evansville, Indiana, native Annie Fellows Johnston published a series of children's books about the Little Colonel and her chum, Mary Ware. L. C. Page & Company marketed one per year as the demand was high. Other series based on the originals were published as the Johnston Jewel Series, the Holiday editions. After many years of additional printings of the original series, the books were marketed with red book cloth, in pink cloth, and with more modern book jackets or front covers.
Meeting a five-year-old girl who would become the prototype for the "Little Colonel" Lloyd Sherman, granddaughter of a Confederate Colonel veteran, Johnston was inspired to write the series based on the residents of Pewee Valley, Oldham County, Kentucky. She moved there with her three step-children where she remained the rest of her life.

  • The Land of the Little Colonel: Reminiscence and Autobiography

    The Land of the Little Colonel: Reminiscence and Autobiography

  • Little Colonel Good Times Book of Margie Elizabeth Clagett [page]

    Little Colonel Good Times Book of Margie Elizabeth Clagett [page]

  • The Little Colonel's Hero

    The Little Colonel's Hero

  • Little Colonel Good Times Book of Clara Louise Robertson

    Little Colonel Good Times Book of Clara Louise Robertson

  • The Little Colonel [Illustrated Holiday Edition]

    The Little Colonel [Illustrated Holiday Edition]

  • The Little Colonel at Boarding School

    The Little Colonel at Boarding School

  • The Little Colonel's House Party

    The Little Colonel's House Party

  • Mary Ware : The Little Colonel's Chum

    Mary Ware : The Little Colonel's Chum

  • The Legend of the Bleeding Heart [Johnston Jewel Series]

    The Legend of the Bleeding Heart [Johnston Jewel Series]

  • The Little Colonel's House Party 2

    The Little Colonel's House Party 2

  • The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding

    The Little Colonel's Knight Comes Riding

  • Mary Ware's Promised Land

    Mary Ware's Promised Land

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