Let’s rephrase it:
**We have a children’s book. One part in this book tells about a person. A child. This is a famous story. You know this story guaranteed. Everyone knows it.
Anyway, years later this subject of the story hears about a fundraiser. This woman knows her socks would be of special value to this fundraiser. Her shoes would not be of much value. Her hatbox would not garner interest. The handkerchief she carried as a child wouldn’t draw extra money. No one would pay a premium for her living room couch or her hand mirror.
But the socks! Yes. People would donate to own a piece of those socks! And they did.
All I want is for you to tell me is why they did.**
**To help with a fundraiser, a woman donated a pair of socks. The socks were pulled apart into threads and the threads from these socks were each attached to a commemorative card and the cards sold to raise money. What were the cards commemorating? **
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The original incident, yes. The book came later. The fundraiser later still.
Sorry for the confusion. The event that prompted the biographical story occurred in the early 1800’s. I do not know the exact year. That’s what I was talking about with 1800-1820.*
*Gloomy gus wet blanket naysayers can stuff a sock in it!
Were illustrations in the book relevant?
Were the socks relevant because of their appearance in illustrations?
Were the socks relevant because of their mention in the text?
Was the girl with the socks the main character of the book?
Semi-biographical tale about an 1800s American girl makes me think Laura Ingals Wilder, but I can’t remember anything about socks in particular from those books.
Some others that I don’t know if they were based on fact, and for which I have no idea whether socks were relevant:
Was the book Anne of Green Gables (and/or its sequels)?
Was the book Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (and/or its sequels)?
Was the book Little Women (and/or its sequels)?
**To help with a fundraiser, a woman donated a pair of socks. The socks were pulled apart into threads and the threads from these socks were each attached to a commemorative card and the cards sold to raise money. What were the cards commemorating? **
Are we talking about socks or stockings?
Were they a gift to this girl, later donor?
Is this a story taught in elementary schools in the early 1950s? Asking for Boomers!
Is this a story in what is considered a “Classic” novel, or is it a non-fiction work?
reply to LennieB:
Are we talking about socks or stockings? My sources differ, but “stockings” is actually the most common term used.
Were they a gift to this girl, later donor? Yes.
Is this a story taught in elementary schools in the early 1950s? Asking for Boomers! I think it is not commonly taught in elementary schools. Maybe in some. Whether the 1950’s or now, I suspect the treatment in schools is much the same regarding this work.
Is this a story in what is considered a “Classic” novel, or is it a non-fiction work? Neither really.