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Margaret Marshall Saunders and Beautiful Joe

Margaret Marshall Saunders (Gauvin & Gentzel).
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Margaret Marshall Saunders of Milton, Nova Scotia, wrote some 25 books, 14 of them animal stories. Her first, Beautiful Joe (1894), the gentle autobiography of a dog, sold about a million copies in 14 languages, and she gave most of her royalties to humane societies.

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Saunders as described in her designation.

Sources behind this record

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Margaret Marshall Saunders National Historic Person ↗

Parks Canada (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)

Importance; plaque text