01385cam a2200253 4500 56989142 TxAuBib 20040218120000.0 040218s1959||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 5910711 (OCoLC)303069 TxAuBib Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The golden touch / Ill. by Paul Galdone. Foreword by Anne Thaxter Eaton. [S.l. : McGraw, 1959. 61 p. : ill. No ISBN for this book. The tale of King Midas: There once lived a very rich king called Midas who believed that nothing was more precious than gold So begins this imaginative retelling of the myth of the man with the golden touch. When a mysterious stranger offers to grant King Midas a wish, the king does not hesitate: He wishes that all he touches would turn to gold. To his delight, his wish is granted and he soon sets about transforming his ordinary palace into a place of golden beauty. But to his dismay, when he accidentally turns his beloved daughter Marigold, into a golden statue, Midas learns that what at first seems a blessing can also become a curse. (B&N.) 20040218. Classical mythology. Greek Mythology Midas. Greek Mythology. TXLIV