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Opal Irene Whiteley (December 11, 1897 – February 16, 1992) was an American nature writer and diarist who gained international fame for the publication of her childhood diary, which featured meditations and observations of nature and wildlife.
- Françoise Marie de Bourbon-Orléans
- University of Oregon
- 1916—1948
- Highgate Cemetery
Opal Irene Whiteley was born in Colton, Washington, on December 11, 1897, and moved with her family to Walden, a logging camp near Cottage Grove, in about 1903. Her father Charles Edward Whiteley was a logger and foreman, and her mother Mary Elizabeth Scott, contrary to her depiction in the diary, was said to have been a kind woman who encouraged Opal’s love of literature and learning.
In 1920, Oregon's Opal Whiteley was the center of international controversy. Her childhood diary was called a work of genius, until readers discovered hidden clues to a mystery that has not...
1 de out. de 2013 · The appeal of Opal the character (as distinct from Whiteley the author) explains a great deal about why readers today, primarily in Britain and the United States, still feel strongly enough about this book to defend its author on blogs and in panel discussions.
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26 de set. de 2013 · Opal Whiteley—so her story runs—was born about twenty-two years ago—where, we have no knowledge. Of her parents, whom she lost before her fifth year, she is sure of nothing except that they loved her, and that she loved them with a tenacity of affection as strong now as at the time of parting.
Want to read. Kindle $5.99. Rate this book. The Diary of Opal Whiteley. Opal Whiteley, Nan Gurley (Introduction) 4.25. 909 ratings165 reviews. As a child growing up in the Cascade Mountains of Oregon at the turn of the century, Opal Whiteley roamed the fields and forests and logging camps, recording all she saw in a secret diary.
Opal Whiteley grew up in logging settlements near the town of Cottage Grove, at the southern end of Oregon’s Willamette Valley. A child literary prodigy and acclaimed nature teacher, she is the author of The Fairyland Around Us , a self-published nature book for children (1918), and her bestselling childhood diary, The Story of Opal (1920).
