author
Marguerite Bernard
Best remembered for the World War I-era book Deer Godchild, this little-known writer helped tell a warm, humane story about children, friendship, and generosity across the Atlantic.
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Deer Godchild
by Marguerite Bernard, Edith Serrell
About the author
Marguerite Bernard is a scarce historical figure in the record, and the clearest detail I could confirm is her connection to Deer Godchild, a book credited to Bernard and Edith Serrell. Library of Congress records list the book as published in New York in 1918, while Project Gutenberg lists Bernard with that single known work in its catalog.
Deer Godchild is an epistolary story built around a young American boy supporting a fatherless child in France during World War I. That setting gives Bernard's work a gentle humanitarian spirit, with the book reflecting the era's concern for children affected by the war.
Because so little reliable biographical information appears in easily verifiable sources, it is safer to remember Marguerite Bernard through the book itself rather than through a fuller life story that cannot be confidently confirmed.