St. Francis Solano: Wonder Worker of the New World and Apostle of Argentina and Peru

by Windeatt, Gedge Harmon (Illustrator)

Overview

Come to know St. Francis Solano, a man who worked so many miracles so frequently that he was called “The Wonder Worker of the New World.” Stories include his efforts to convert slaves on a sinking ship, his healing of the sick during a terrible plague, and how one sermon he gave in the marketplace left a city in an uproar. Read of his many adventures and heroics in bringing souls to God in the mission territory of South America.

Mary Fabyan Windeatt was known as “the storyteller of the saints.” In the 1950’s and 60’s she wrote over twenty historical fiction novels on the saints, bringing to life these holy men and women for young readers across the world. By artistically rendering familiar stories, the Windeatt books help readers see that the saints are real people whom we can emulate.
 
Ideal for all children, especially those enrolled in TAN Academy in kindergarten through third grades for easy reading literature.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780895554314
Publisher:	TAN Books
Publication date:	01/01/1946
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.45(d)
Age Range:	9 - 15 Years

About the Author

Mary Fabyan Windeatt lived from 1910-1979 and grew up in Saskatchewan, Canada. The Mount Saint Vincent College awarded her a Licentiate of Music degree when she was just seventeen, and she began writing Catholic works when she was about twenty-four. Later she sent one of her stories to a Catholic magazine, and after it was accepted, she continued to write. In total she composed at least twenty-one children's books, as well as periodical children's pages written for The Torch, a monthly Dominican magazine.
Mary Windeatt is most renowned for her many novels of the saints, which she wrote specifically for children, including lives on the Children of Fatima, Cure of Ars, St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Rose of Lima and many others. After living with her mother in St. Meinrad, Indiana, she died on the twentieth of November, 1979.