The Legend of the Bleeding-Heart, and The Rescue of the Princess Winsome (Esprios Classics)

Annie Fellows Johnston (1863-1931) was an American author of children's fiction. She was born and grew up in McCutchanville, Indiana, a small unincorporated town near Evansville, Indiana. Johnston wrote the popular The Little Colonel series, which was the basis for the 1935 Shirley Temple film The Little Colonel; many of the books were illustrated by photographer Kate Matthews. The series was her 13-book collection beginning with The Little Colonel (1895). Her other works include; Ole Mammy's Torment (1897), Two Little Knights of Kentucky (1899), The Story of Dago (1900), The Legend of the Bleeding-Heart (1907), The Rescue of the Princess Winsome (1908) and Georgina of the Rainbows (1916).