Raggedy Andy Stories: Introducting the Little Rag Brother of Raggedy Ann
Gruelle, Johnny (1880 1938)
From The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 October 1998
From The Book Collector, Inc. ABAA, ILAB, Fort Worth, TX, U.S.A.
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 20 October 1998
About this Item
unpaginated with colored frontispiece and illustrated through out. Ocavo (9" x 6 1/4") issued in stiff pictorial boards. Illustrations by Johnny Gruelle. 1st edition. Johnny Gruelle created Raggedy Ann for his daughter, Marcella, when she brought him an old hand-made rag doll and he drew a face on it. From his bookshelf, he pulled a book of poems by James Whitcomb Riley, and combined the names of two poems, "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphan Annie." He said, "Why don t we call her Raggedy Ann?" Marcella died at age 13 after being vaccinated at school for smallpox without her parents' consent. Authorities blamed a heart defect, but her parents blamed the vaccination. Gruelle became an opponent of vaccination, and the Raggedy Ann doll was used as a symbol by the anti-vaccination movement. This work is the secibd book in the "Raggedy Ann and Andy Series." Condition: Corners bumped and rubbed through, edges chipped, previous owner's name on ownership page. A good copy. Seller Inventory # BOOKS002125
Bibliographic Details
Title: Raggedy Andy Stories: Introducting the ...
Publisher: M A Donnohue & Co, Chicago
Publication Date: 1920
Binding: Original Stiff Boards
Illustrator: Johnny Gruelle
Condition: Good
Edition: First Edition
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