Books with author Rafe Martin

"A master work...Jennie was released to a public that became entranced by her story, and will again be now that she is back in print in this magnificent single volume."-from the foreword by Sir Martin Gilbert, the official biographer of Winston ChurchillSourcebooks is bringing the internationally acclaimed New York Times bestseller back for a new generation of readers.Jennie Churchill was not merely Winston's mother. She was the most captivating and desired woman of her age. Originally from Brooklyn, Jennie became the reigning queen of British society. Beautiful and defiant, she lived with an honesty that made her the talk of two continents.Sir Martin Gilbert, official biographer of Winston Churchill, writes that Jennie is, "a master work" that "pulses with energy as the author leads us from her cradle to relatively early grave, at the age of sixty-seven, of a woman who finally emerges-under his guiding hand-from the shadow of being a great man's mother, to being a woman in her own right."

This 1994 Parents' Choice Gold Award Winner collects, for the first time on one tape, four of Rafe?s acclaimed children's books. This audio cassette features the original, oral versions of The Rough-Face Girl, Foolish Rabbit's Big Mistake, The Boy Who Lived with the Seals, and Will's Mammoth (all published by Putnam). Dramatic, lively, and uniquely different from his books, these four stories are brought to life with all the richness of voice and expression for which Rafe's storytelling is known. "The four stories on this tape," Rafe explains, "are the way I actually tell them, live, today. I have wanted to share these performances with my many readers for some time. People who have heard me tell these stories have been amazed to discover how different the original, oral, and printed versions really are. Now, at last, here they are for you to enjoy."