POLAR, THE TITANIC BEAR: A True Story

Madison Press/Little, Brown, 2002. 1st American Edition 2nd Printing. Soft cover. New/No Jacket Issued. Laurie McGaw color illustrations; B&W era photos. CONDITION: NEW 2002 (the dates are 1994 and 2002) Madison Press for Little, Brown large paperback, second printing. The artwork by Laurie McGaw is superb. Also illustrated by B&W era photos - some of the Titanic. Subtitled also as "The True Story of the Toy Bear Who survived the Titanic." CONTENT: Written for her son by an American heiress whose family survived the 1912 sinking of the "Titanic", this account of the Edwardian life and of the disaster is told through the eyes of the young boy's teddy bear. Illustrated with watercolors and family photographs, this book makes an ideal read-aloud. Daisy Corning Stone Spedden penned the manuscript for Polar, The Titanic Bear for her son, Douglas, after the family survived the Titanic disaster in 1912. The original booklet was found, among other items, by Leighton H. Coleman III, a distant relation of the Spedden family, in his grandfather's barn. After sending a copy of the story to the Titanic Historical Society, it came to the attention of Madison Press Books, who eventually published the story with Little, Brown and Company. This book moves from non-fiction to historical fiction and back. Your choice what to call it.