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Susannah of the Mounties

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Susannah of the Mounties
First edition (US)
AuthorMuriel Denison
LanguageEnglish
GenreChildren's novel
PublisherDodd, Mead & Co. (US)
Dent (UK)
Publication date
1936
Publication placeCanada
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages286 pp
Followed bySusannah of the Yukon 

Susannah of the Mounties is a children's novel by Canadian author Muriel Denison, first published in 1936.[1] In the book 9-year-old Susannah is sent to Regina, Saskatchewan to spend the summer with her uncle who is a Mountie. There are several sequels to the book: Susannah at Boarding School, Susannah of the Yukon and Susannah Rides Again.

Film adaptation

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In 1939 it was adapted into the film Susannah of the Mounties starring Shirley Temple as Susannah. The movie plot differs significantly from the book: it is set twenty years earlier at a much smaller Mounted Police fort and Susannah's parents are dead rather than in India, while the character of the uncle is omitted. The film is a U.S. version of the West rather than the Canadian West of the book.

References

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  1. ^ Hahn, Daniel (2015). The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature (2nd ed.). Oxford. University Press. p. 559. ISBN 9780198715542.
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