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An edition of At the Back of the North Wind (1882)

At the back of the North Wind

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  • ★★★★ 4.33 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 61 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 7 Have read

The adventures of a little boy, named for his father's favorite horse, as he travels with the beautiful lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

Publish Date
Publisher
Books of Wonder, William Morrow and Co.
Language
English
Pages
347

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Subjects
Accessible book, Fairy tales, Children's fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Death, fiction, Love, fiction, Magic, fiction, London (england), fiction, Great britain, history, 19th century, fiction, Social problems, fiction, Fiction, general

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At the back of the North Wind
2009, Folio Society
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At the back of the North Wind
1989, Books of Wonder, William Morrow and Co.
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At the back of the North Wind
1986, New American Library
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At the back of the north wind
1979, D.C. Cook
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At the back of the North Wind
1963, Macmillan Company
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1963, Macmillan Company
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At the Back of the North Wind
1947-06, Macmillan Company
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At the Back of the North Wind
1919, D. McKay
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At the Back of the North Wind
1919, David McKay
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At the Back of the North Wind
1909, J.B. Lippincott Company
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Table of Contents

The hay-loft
The lawn
Old Diamond
North Wind
The summer-house
Out in the storm
The cathedral
The east window
How Diamond got to the back of the North Wind
At the back of the North Wind
How Diamond got home again
Who met Diamond at Sandwich
The seaside
Old Diamond
The Mews
Diamond makes a beginning
Diamond goes on
The drunken cabman
Diamond's friends
Diamond learns to read
Sal's nanny
Mr. Raymond's riddle
The early bird
Another early bird
Diamond's dream
Diamond takes a fare the wrong way right
The children's hospital
Little Daylight
Ruby
Nanny's dream
The North Wind doth blow
Diamond and Ruby
The prospect brightens
In the country
I make Diamond's acquaintance
Diamond questions North Wind
Once more
At the back of the North Wind

Edition Notes

Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : David McKay, 1919.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
[Fic]
Library of Congress
PZ8.M1754 At 1989b, PZ8.M1754At 1989b

Contributors

Illustrator
Jessie Willcox Smith

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
347 p., [8] leaves of plates
Number of pages
347
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL2066095M
ISBN 10
0688078087
ISBN 13
9780688078089
LCCN
88063292
Library Thing
4090
Goodreads
977488

Work Description

The adventures of a little boy, Diamond, named for his father's favorite horse, as he travels with the beautiful lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

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I HAVE been asked to tell you about the back of the North Wind.
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