Publisher's Synopsis
The Quilt That Jack Built, How He Won the Bicycle by Annie Fellows Johnston; Illustrated by Etheldred B. Barry, first published in 1904. A pleasant little story of a boy's labor of love, and how it changed the course of his life many years after it was accomplished. Classic children's book by the American author, most well-known for the Little Colonel series, the first book of which was made into a 1935 movie starring Shirley Temple, Bill "Bojangles" Robinson and Lionel Barrymore. Johnston based her characters on friends and family, many of whom appear in several different series. Her semi-biographical characters include The Old Colonel, Mom Beck, Papa Jack, Mrs Sherman, Aunt Allison, and the Waltons.
