Martha Finley: Quick Facts

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Born	April 26, 1828 • Chillicothe • Ohio
Died	January 29, 1909 (aged 80) • Elkton • Maryland
Notable Works	“Elsie Dinsmore”

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Will James

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Norton Juster

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Donald J. Sobol

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Susan Bogert Warner

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Esther Forbes

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Ludwig Bemelmans

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Ruth Sawyer

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Frances Lockridge

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Carol Ryrie Brink

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Harold Keith

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Lynd Ward

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Lloyd Alexander

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Laura E. Richards

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Marchette Chute

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Zora Neale Hurston (1891-1960) portrait by Carl Van Vecht April 3, 1938. Writer, folklorist and anthropologist celebrated African American culture of the rural South.

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