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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Mary Mapes Dodge
Born: January 26, 1831
Died: August 21, 1905 (aged 74)
Bio: Mary Mapes Dodge was an American children's writer and editor, best known for her novel Hans Brinker.
Known for:
- Hans Brinker; or, The Silver Skates (1865)
- Rhymes and Jingles (1874)
- Donald and Dorothy (1883)
- The Land of Pluck (1894)