Status
Available
Local notes
921 CAM
Collection
Genres
Publication
Candlewick (2014), 80 pages. Purchased in 2016. $16.99.
Description
The story of British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron and her exotic bohemian life.
Awards
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Nine to Twelve — 2015)
Chicago Public Library Best of the Best: Kids (Informational Books for Older Readers — 2014)
Original language
English
Physical description
80 p.; 8.06 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member pataustin
Julia Cameron was raised in India and France at a time when women were groomed for marriage and the only career paths that might have been open to them were as a governess or nurse. She followed that path to a point, marrying at 22 and raising six children. She hobnobbed with a literate crowd:
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Thackeray, Lewis Carroll, Tennyson. During a period when her husband was travelling and Margaret missed him terribly, her son-in-law gae her a camera and darkroom kit one Christmas. It was, at age 48, a turning point and entre into her career as a photographer. Show Less
LibraryThing member paula-childrenslib
The story of British photographer Julia Margaret Cameron and her exotic bohemian life.
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Pages
80