• The Witch of Blackbird Pond is a children's novel by American author Elizabeth George Speare, published in 1958. The story takes place in late 17th-century...
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  • Americans in 1754. The next year she completed her second historical novel, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, which won numerous awards, including the Newbery Medal...
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    Marcia Cross (category American people of English descent)
    role was in grade school, in a play called The Witch of Blackbird Pond. Cross was the long-time companion of actor Richard Jordan, who was 25 years her senior;...
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  • in The Witch of Blackbird Pond Martin Tupper, from the American television series Dream On Tommy Tupper, from the British television series The Benny...
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  • novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1959) Kit Walker, in the TV series American Horror Story Kit Walker, alias of fictional comic book character The Phantom...
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  • Bowditch, Rifles for Watie and The Witch of Blackbird Pond: "All have value, all are told skilfully. If they lack the qualities of greatness, it is largely...
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    Mansion--Accompanying 3 photos, exterior, from 1973. (1.18 MB) "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" Archived 2010-02-05 at the Wayback Machine. clem.mscd.edu. Retrieved 2010-12-13...
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  • buried behind the Congregational Church in Wethersfield. Bulkeley is mentioned and appears in the historical novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond. He is a tutor...
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    Wethersfield, Connecticut (category Connecticut populated places on the Connecticut River)
    was the setting for the children's novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, as well as the setting of the one-act play The Valiant...
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  • Carry On, Mr. Bowditch (category Children's books set in the 18th century)
    for Watie, The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow: "All have value, all are told skilfully. If they lack the qualities of greatness, it is largely...
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    Webb-Deane-Stevens Museum (category National Society of the Colonial Dames of America)
    Newbery Medal-winning novel The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1958). The Museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Silas Deane House Joseph...
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  • Rifles for Watie (category Novels set during the American Civil War)
    librarian Carolyn Horovitz wrote of Rifles for Watie, Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Bronze Bow: "All have value, all are...
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  • The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins, The Cricket in Times Square, A Wrinkle in Time, The Mouse and the Motorcycle, A Wizard of Earthsea...
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  • Grantham, and ambassador in Scotland William Ashby, character in The Witch of Blackbird Pond Bill Ashby, coach at Maine Sting William Joseph Ashby (1885–1953)...
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  • division of the American Library Association (ALA), to the author of "the most distinguished contributions to American literature for children". The Newbery...
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    Buttolph–Williams House (category Houses on the National Register of Historic Places in Connecticut)
    The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare. The house was declared a National Historic Landmark and listed on the National Register of Historic...
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  • Fiddlededee: A Medley of Stories Elizabeth George Speare (1908–1994) – The Witch of Blackbird Pond, The Bronze Bow, The Sign of the Beaver Armstrong Sperry...
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  • 1958 in literature (category Years of the 20th century in literature)
    the Henry Reed series) Dr. Seuss – Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories Elizabeth George Speare – The Witch of Blackbird Pond William O. Steele – The Perilous...
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    antagonist in the 1879 novel Captain Nelson, described as a "romance of colonial days." Andros appears in several episodes of The Witch of Blackbird Pond in which...
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    historical fiction children's novel, published in 1957. It was inspired by the true story of Susanna Willard Johnson (1730–1810) who, along with her family and...
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  • 1959 in literature (category Years of the 20th century in literature)
    Award: Vance Palmer, The Big Fellow Newbery Medal for children's literature: Elizabeth George Speare, The Witch of Blackbird Pond Nobel Prize for literature:...
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    Blackbirding is the coercion and/or deception of people or kidnapping to work as slaves or poorly paid labourers in countries distant from their native...
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  • in The Witch of Blackbird Pond, written by Elizabeth George Speare in 1958. Talcott genealogy List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att...
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  • Marilyn Fain Apseloff (category Presidents of the Children's Literature Association)
    focused on the American writer and Newbery Medal winner's works for children, including The Witch of Blackbird Pond and The Sign of the Beaver. Apseloff...
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  • in a different style from the other reviews by contributors. Along with the reviews, there are short excerpts from some of the books themselves, which appear...
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  • John, A Walk To Remember Elizabeth George Speare: The Witch of Blackbird Pond Eleanor Spence: The October Child, A Candle for St. Antony Jerry Spinelli:...
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    Stephen Crane. The Witch of Blackbird Pond (1992) based on the novel by Elizabeth George Speare. Heidi (1993) based on the novel by Johanna Spyri. Aesop's...
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  • published in 1959. It was the winner of the 1960 Newbery Medal. The story is set in 1950s New Jersey, and tells the story of 12-year-old Andy Rusch and...
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    is the witch who lives in the Toirano Caves (otherwise known as the Grotte della Strega, "caves of witch"); the legend developed when, after the discovery...
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    These are some words which are unique to the Dorset dialect, spoken in Dorset in the West Country of England. Wiktionary has a category on Dorset English...
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