Just Mary The Life of Mary Evelyn Grannan

Name: Just Mary The Life of Mary Evelyn Grannan
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ISBN: 9781550025972

ISBN-10: 155002597X

ISBN-13: 9781550025972

Edition: 2006

Authors: Margaret Anne Hume, Gwendolyn Davies

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Just Mary and Maggie Muggins are names that will arouse memories in those who grew up with CBC radio and television in the 1940s and 1950s. The creator of these and other children's shows, former Fredericton schoolteacher Mary Grannan, became a radio star when she hit the national airwaves in 1939, her popularity peaking when Maggie Muggins moved to television in 1955. Long before The Friendly Giant and Mr. Dressup appeared, her work helped to shape the legacy of gentle children's programming on CBC. Building on her broadcasting success, Grannan published over thirty books, most runaway best-sellers. Attired in stylish dress, extravagant hats, and enormous earrings, she made frequent guest…

Book details

List price: $35.00
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication date: 2/11/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 376
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 1.606
Language: English

Margaret Hume, a former librarian at Concordia University in Montreal, received her education from the universities of New Brunswick and McGill. Born in Halifax, she grew up in New Brunswick in the 1950s as an adoring young fan of Maggie Muggins. Margaret lives with her husband in Vancouver. ""Just Mary" The Life of Mary Evelyn Grannan" is her first book.



Foreword



Prologue



The Departure, 1939



Birth of a Storyteller, 1900-1914



The Schoolmarm, 1914-1934



The New Circus, 1935-1939



Toronto Beginning, 1939-1940



Making the Grade, 1940



First Books, 1941-1943



The Birth of Maggie Muggins, 1944-1945



Advent of Maggie Muggins on the Radio, 1946-1948



Visit to the Old Countries, 1949



Prelude to Television, 1949-1954



Maggie Comes to Television, 1954-1958



Many Books but No Cartoons, 1956-1960



Last Years at CBC, 1960-1962



Journey Homeward, 1962-1975


Epilogue: The Last Public Performance, 1967


Notes



Bibliography of Mary Grannan's Books



Mary Grannan's Broadcast Programs


Acknowledgements


Permissions


Index