A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith, 1947, International Collectors Library A. R. Taylor Special features: Gramatky's lively watercolor

Special features: Gramatky's lively watercolor illustrations fill the book

Published in 1958 by Grosset & Dunlap as part of the We Were There series

this volume traces Haydn’s childhood

or rustic-inspired interiors

published by Goldsmith Publishing Company

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Betty Smith, 1947, International Collectors Library A. R. Taylor Special features: Gramatky's lively watercolor**Who wrote it** A Tree Grows in Brooklyn was written by Betty Smith, first published in 1943, and has remained in print without interruption since. This copy is the International Collectors Library edition, with drawings by Richard Bergere. Copyright 1947. **What it's about** The story of Francie Nolan, growing up in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in the early twentieth century, in a family that is poor but not defeated. It is one of the great American