Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
Author: first_name:  Mary Mapes
last_name: Dodge
Language: English
Year: 1865

Mary Mapes Dodge created an instant bestseller with "Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates." She wanted the book to be partly a book of travels and partly a domestic story. It is a tale written for children that adults also find interesting and uplifting. Dodge writes as if she is sending a series of letters from Holland to children in America, and her you-are-there perspective is aided by a nice attention to detail and vivid imagery.<br></br>The Brinkers are a poor but stoic family under a dark clo