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Born to Hannah Howe and Alexander French, Charles Howe French started out in life with the gravest of unforeseen circumstances--his mother died in 1816 when he was only two years old, eleven days after the birth of his sister; his father died ten years later when Charles was twelve.  Despite his disadvantaged beginnings, French not only had a productive life, but also a prosperous one.

Most of the time we should try not to judge books by their covers. Sometimes, though, it's totally ok.