Penguin Books Winter 2013 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
Penguin Books Winter 2013 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
Penguin Books Winter 2013 - Bookseller Services - Penguin Group
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ISbN 978-0-14-312289-0 $17.00 ($18.00 CAN)<br />
Biography 5 1 /2 x 8 7 /16 432 pp. Rights: W00<br />
32 pp b/w photos Pub history: Viking hc 978-0-670-02330-1<br />
On sale: 1/29/<strong>2013</strong><br />
SuggeSTeD ORDeR<br />
“ A biography that fully<br />
captures its dynamic<br />
subject and her greatest<br />
accomplishment.”<br />
—The Boston Globe<br />
“ Detailed and wellresearched.”<br />
—The Cleveland Plain Dealer<br />
Also AvAilABle FRoM <strong>Penguin</strong>:<br />
Alice 978-0-14-311427-7 $20.00<br />
“ Of the three books pegged to the Girl<br />
Scouts 100th . . . the merit badge here<br />
goes to Stacy Cordery’s biography.”<br />
—The Wall Street Journal<br />
Juliette Gordon Low<br />
The Remarkable Founder of the Girl Scouts<br />
Stacy A. Cordery<br />
Born at the start of the Civil War, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low<br />
struggled to reconcile being a good Southern belle with being true<br />
to her adventurous spirit. Accidentally deafened, she married<br />
a dashing British patrician and moved to England, where she<br />
quickly became dissatisfied with the aimlessness of privileged<br />
life. Her search for greater purpose ended when she met Robert<br />
Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scouts, and was inspired to recreate<br />
his program for girls.<br />
The Girl Scouts of the USA—which can now count more<br />
than fifty-nine million American girls and women among its<br />
past members—aims to instill useful skills and moral values in<br />
its young members, with an emphasis on fun. In this lively and<br />
accessible biography of its intrepid founder, Stacy A. Cordery<br />
paints a dynamic portrait of an intriguing woman and a true<br />
pioneer whose work touched the lives of millions of girls and<br />
women around the world.<br />
n The hardcover was published to coincide with the Girls Scouts’ 100th<br />
anniversary and has received excellent media coverage<br />
n Stacy A. Cordery’s Alice: Alice Roosevelt Longworth, from White<br />
House Princess to Washington Power Broker was a New York Times<br />
Notable Book<br />
n Visit stacycordery.com<br />
stACy A. CoRdeRy is a professor of history at<br />
Monmouth College and the bibliographer of the National First<br />
Ladies’ Library. She is the author of Alice, a biography of Alice<br />
Roosevelt Longworth. She lives in Monmouth, Illinois.<br />
Regional Appearances<br />
Online Publicity<br />
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