John Habberton
John Habberton (* 1842 ; † 1921 ) was an American writer and journalist.
Life
John Habberton served in the Union Army during the Civil War . Habberton became known as the author of humorous children's books and Lausbubengeschichten, including Helene's little children (orig. Helen's Babies 1876, German 1885) and other people's children (orig. Other People's Children 1877, German 1886).
German editions
Helen's babies
- Helen's little children , translator Käte Icke , Wegweiser Verlag, Berlin 1924
- Helene's little child , translator Illa Uth , Schiller book, Berlin 1926
- Helen's little children , drawing KM Schultheiß , Thienemann Verlag , Stuttgart 1927
- Helene's little children: a story for big and small people , edited by Fred Heinze , Ill. Erwin Bindewald , Sebaldus Verlag, Nuremberg 1948
- Helen's Kinderchen , translator Erich von Holst, Ill.Kurt Tessmann , Droemer Knaur , Munich 1954
- Helen's little children , Ill.Karl Kuess , Christian Kaiser Verlag , Klagenfurt 1964
- Helenes Kinderchen , illustrated in the text Helma Baison , Vollmer Verlag, Wiesbaden 1968
- Helene's little children , Vollmer Verlag, Wiesbaden 1979
Other People's Children , sequel to Helen's Babies
- Other people's children or Bob and Teddi in a foreign country , transl. Markus Greif , Reclam-Verlag , Leipzig before 1913
- Other people's children: a humoresque , trans. Else Otten , Agrippina Verlag, Cologne, 1954
- Other people's children , Salzwasser-Verlag , Paderborn 2011
Double editions
- Helen's children and other people's children . Translated by Erich von Holst, Fraktur (writing) , Schreiter Verlag, Berlin 1927
- Helen's little children and other people's children: a children's story for adults , Translator Elisabeth Loos , Frakturschrift, German Book Association , Berlin 1929 online in the Internet Archive
- Helene's little children and other people's children: a description of their innocent, sly, angelic, nefarious [...] expressions of life , transl. Marianne Kegel , Hesse & Becker, Leipzig 1929
- Helen's children and other people's children: a humoresque , trans. Else Otten, Franke Verlag, Berlin 1930
- Helene's little children and other people's children , translator Markus Greif, epilogue Ruth Schaumann , Reclam-Verlag, Leipzig 1939
- Helene's child. Other people's children: Humoresken , translator Markus Greif, Fraktur, Reclam-Verlag, Leipzig 1941
other works
- The Bartonet Temporenzbewegung , edited by Fr. Dobbert , Hendel Verlag, Halle an der Saale 1892
- Mrs. Marburg's twins: or Mother's joys and sorrows , transl. Markus Greif, Reclam-Verlag, Leipzig 1890
filming
- Small sinners - big sinners ( summer with Uncle Erik , Danish Min sosters born ), based on Helen's Babies , directed by Tomas Villum Jensen , 2001
Web links
- Literature by and about John Habberton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Works by John Habberton in the Gutenberg-DE project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Habberton, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American children's author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1842 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1921 |