It's quite funny really, I started reading this essay purely
because I opened the book to it's middle pages and read a little. I had no
intention of reviewing it whatsoever, but I came to really enjoy it...
Paul Collins often works as a "literary detective" at NPR who uncovers information about lost authors and forgotten old books. It is because of this title that he uncovered the story of Barbara Follett. Collins has written seven books and currently teaches nonfiction at Portland State University. He specializes in historical writings. This particular writing was about the life of the successful child author, Barbara Follett, detailing accounts of her childhood as well as career (which all in all seemed to be the same. She didn't get out much.) Through this essay, Collins served to celebrate the memory of a great success in childhood authoring and to inform the public of her life, both the successes and the failures, the hard times and also the wonderful days that she lived. In addition he serves to offer up ideas on the life of child stars as a whole, analyzing connections between the lives of three major child stars. The author serves this purpose quite well, and I suppose that is what makes the end of the story so interesting, the parallels that the author was able to draw between them. He shows that each one was abandoned by a parent at some age, at which point the child's livelihood and joy began to dwindle. For Zerah Colburn it meant becoming broke and losing not only a father, but a mother as well. For Follett it meant losing the childlike innocence that she previously had, making her work darker and her trust of people almost nonexistent. In addition to proving this connection, the author was indeed able to celebrate the life and work of Barbara Follett by reintroducing her work and story in this essay. In fact, on the comment section of the original publication of this essay, many people inquire about reading her works. The author wanted everyone to be able to connect with Barbara's story and so the article was written in a way that appealed to all people.
This image depicts Follett in a forest, seemingly posing as the character Eepersip from one of her novels. In truth, the picture may depict Follett's desire even at a young age to disappear from the real world, an ominous omen of future events.
This picture was found at http://teenagefilm.com/archives/dear-diary/barbara-newhall-follett-vanished-novelist/
Paul Collins often works as a "literary detective" at NPR who uncovers information about lost authors and forgotten old books. It is because of this title that he uncovered the story of Barbara Follett. Collins has written seven books and currently teaches nonfiction at Portland State University. He specializes in historical writings. This particular writing was about the life of the successful child author, Barbara Follett, detailing accounts of her childhood as well as career (which all in all seemed to be the same. She didn't get out much.) Through this essay, Collins served to celebrate the memory of a great success in childhood authoring and to inform the public of her life, both the successes and the failures, the hard times and also the wonderful days that she lived. In addition he serves to offer up ideas on the life of child stars as a whole, analyzing connections between the lives of three major child stars. The author serves this purpose quite well, and I suppose that is what makes the end of the story so interesting, the parallels that the author was able to draw between them. He shows that each one was abandoned by a parent at some age, at which point the child's livelihood and joy began to dwindle. For Zerah Colburn it meant becoming broke and losing not only a father, but a mother as well. For Follett it meant losing the childlike innocence that she previously had, making her work darker and her trust of people almost nonexistent. In addition to proving this connection, the author was indeed able to celebrate the life and work of Barbara Follett by reintroducing her work and story in this essay. In fact, on the comment section of the original publication of this essay, many people inquire about reading her works. The author wanted everyone to be able to connect with Barbara's story and so the article was written in a way that appealed to all people.
This picture was found at http://teenagefilm.com/archives/dear-diary/barbara-newhall-follett-vanished-novelist/
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