The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow: The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley - Benjamin Hoff

The Singing Creek Where the Willows Grow - The Mystical Nature Diary of Opal Whiteley

With a biography and an afterword by Benjamin Hoff

Binding: Soft cover

Book Condition: Good condition

Edition: 1994

Whiteley captured America's heart. Opal's childhood diary, published in 1902, became an immediate bestseller, one of the most talked-about books of its time. Wistful, funny, and wise, it was described by an admirer as "the revelation of the ...life of a feminine Peter Pan of the Oregon wildernessso innocent, so intimate, so haunting, that I should not know where in all literature to look for a counterpart." But the diary soon fell into disgrace. Condemning it as an adult-written hoax, skeptics stirred a scandal that drove the book into obscurity and shattered the frail spirit of its author.

Discovering the diary by chance, bestselling author Benjamin Hoff set out to solve the longstanding mystery of its origin. His biography of Opal that accompanies the diary provides fascinating proof that the document is indeed authenticthe work of a magically gifted child, America's forgotten interpreter of nature.

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