Person Detail: Jean Craighead George

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Full Name: Jean Craighead George | ||
Biography: (1919-2012) Author. Jean Craighead George was born in Washington, District of Columbia, and died in Mount Kisco, New York. She was a Newbery Award-winning writer of books for young people. |
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1919 |
(Unknown) County Jean Carolyn Craighead was born in Washington, District of Columbia, on July 2, 1919. |
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1944 |
(Unknown) County Ms. George married John Lothur George in 1944. |
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2012 |
Westchester County Jean Craighead George died in Mount Kisco, New York, on May 15, 2012. |
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1959 |
(Unknown) County My Side Of The Mountain (Pub: Puffin Books ISBN: 0-14-034810-7) Novel for older children, which Ms. George also illustrated. |
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1972 |
(Unknown) County Julie Of The Wolves (Pub: Harper & Row ISBN: 0-06-021943-2) Novel for older children, illustrated by John Schoenherr, and winner of the Newbery Medal in 1973. |
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1990 |
(Unknown) County On The Far Side Of The Mountain (Pub: Dutton Juvenile ISBN: 0525445633 / 978-0525445630) Novel for older children. |
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1994 |
(Unknown) County Julie (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060235284 / 978-0060235284 ) Novel for older children, illustrated by Wendell Minor. |
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1997 |
(Unknown) County Julie's Wolf Pack (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060274069 / 978-0060274061 ) Novel for older children, illustrated by Wendell Minor. |
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1996 |
(Unknown) County The Tarantula In My Purse (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060236264 / 978-0060236267 ) Memoir for children. |
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1982 |
(Unknown) County Journey Inward (Pub: Dutton Adult ISBN: 0525241086 / 978-0525241089) Memoir for adults. |
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1999 |
(Unknown) County Frightful's Mountain (Pub: Dutton Juvenile ISBN: 0-525-46166-3 / 978-0525461661 ) Novel for older children. |
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1992 |
(Unknown) County The Missing 'Gator of Gumbo Limbo (Pub: Harpercollins Childrens Books ISBN: 006020396X / 978-0060203962) Novel for older children. |
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1995 |
(Unknown) County There's an Owl in the Shower (Pub: HarperCollins ISBN: 0060248912 / 978-0060248918 ) Novel for older children, illustrated by Christine Herman Merrill. |
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Westchester County Ms. George was a longtime resident of Chappaqua, New York. |
