Beautiful Joe

Margaret Marshall Saunders 001.jpg

Margaret Marshall Saunders

Marshall Saunders is actually Margaret Marshall Saunders, she published Beautiful Joe as Marshall Saunders as she hoped the male sounding name would mean the book would be taken more seriously.

Saunders was born in Canada on the 14th May 1861 and died on February 15, 1947

Pic from wikipedia Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Margaret Marshall Saunders 001.jpg

Margaret Marshall Saunders

Marshall Saunders is actually Margaret Marshall Saunders, she published Beautiful Joe as Marshall Saunders as she hoped the male sounding name would mean the book would be taken more seriously.

Saunders was born in Canada on the 14th May 1861 and died on February 15, 1947

Pic from wikipedia Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

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Available on Gutenberg Beautiful Joe is the story of a dog, a mongrel whose first owner abused him, going so far as to chop off his ears and tail. He was...