Subject: I need a name of a book that has a little Indian girl named ROWENA.
REQUEST: I'm looking for a book written prior to 1943, with an
Indian girl named Rowena in it. My Grandmother read the book between
1939-1943. She named my mother after this book. My grandmother died
when my mother was young, and she does not know the Title or Author. I
would like to find this book and get it for her for Christmas can you
please help. I have no more details about the story, she doesn?t know
a setting or what the story was about. Only thing she was told is that
her mother read it between 1939-1943. |
Request for Question Clarification by
pinkfreud-ga
on
13 Nov 2005 17:37 PST
"Seal Morning" is the true story of ten-year-old Rowena Farre, who
moved from India to Scotland in the 1930s. The book has been reprinted
many times, and is considered a children's classic.
Could this be your book?
http://www.mercatpress.com/BookDetails.asp?ISBN=1841830283&Category=biography
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Clarification of Question by
lookingforabooktitle-ga
on
14 Nov 2005 18:24 PST
It is not "Seal Morning" because the story was about an Indian
(American Indian)girl. The age of the girl we don't know. I'm thinking
the setting would be a Cowboys & Indian time story line, but I really
don't know.
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Request for Question Clarification by
guillermo-ga
on
16 Nov 2005 13:28 PST
Hello Lookingforabooktitle-ga,
Just in order to help you, and given that you actually don't know the
details of the story your grandmother took the name from, wouldn't you
consider that there might be a misunderstanding as if the character
was an American Indian girl, instead of a girl from India? Maybe it'd
be worth it "probing" your mother's memory - discretely enough not to
unveil the surprise, of course - just in case my colleague
Pinkfreud-ga is in the right track and you could benefit from her
answer. My two cents :)
Guillermo
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Request for Question Clarification by
guillermo-ga
on
16 Nov 2005 13:44 PST
Adding up to that possibility, and having in mind that the character
in "Seal Morning" travels to Scotland, note that the name Rowena has
its place in the Scottish tradition:
http://www.medievalscotland.org/problem/names/rowan.shtml
I don't know that story, but maybe the girl from India received a
Scottish name. It seems to me less likely that such a name be given to
a Native American girl.
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Clarification of Question by
lookingforabooktitle-ga
on
16 Nov 2005 17:13 PST
My mother's sister had told me how their mother ejoyed reading books
about American Indians. My mother was told once that their was an
American Indian Doll also. My aunts and mother have always made
reference to the name as being named after an American Indian girl
with long black brades and olive skin, as did my mother. My aunts and
grandmother have passed so I can't asked them. I remember when ever
we saw an American Indian Doll we would always see if she was named
Rowena. My grandmother enjoyed reading And watching Western movies
that is another reason I'm thinking American Indian and not a girl
from India.
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Clarification of Question by
lookingforabooktitle-ga
on
16 Nov 2005 17:20 PST
We are aware that the modern popularity of Rowena arose from Sir
Walter Scott's use of it in Ivanhoe, published 1819. My mother at one
time thought maybe this was the book because my Grandmother did read
it but after my mother was born.
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