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Sterling North
Edgerton, WI Born: 1906 Died: 1974 Link to Wikipedia Page Link to Author's Website Watch the tour of Sterling North's home |
Biography:
Sterling North was born in 1906 in a pleasant little farmhouse on the shores of Lake Koshkonong, the second largest lake in Wisconsin, and grew up in the nearby town of Edgerton.
After graduating from Edgerton High School, he earned his way through the University of Chicago and began his writing career. He wrote for The Chicago Daily News, The New York World-Telegram and Sun, and for many magazines, including Reader's Digest, The Atlantic, Esquire, and Holiday.
In 1947, he completed So Dear to My Heart, the best seller that established him as one of America's favorite novelists. It was translated into 26 languages and charmed motion picture audiences everywhere when it was filmed by Walt Disney.
Rascal, an autobiographical story about raising a raccoon, was published in 1963 and immediately captured the hearts of both young and old. More than 2 1/2 million copies have been sold. The story was translated into 18 other languages and was made into a film by Walt Disney for release in 1969.
Six years later, North's final book, The Wolfling, was published. He tells the story of Robbie and the wild wolf pup he raises in the 1870's in rural Wisconsin.
Works by Sterling North:
Sterling North was born in 1906 in a pleasant little farmhouse on the shores of Lake Koshkonong, the second largest lake in Wisconsin, and grew up in the nearby town of Edgerton.
After graduating from Edgerton High School, he earned his way through the University of Chicago and began his writing career. He wrote for The Chicago Daily News, The New York World-Telegram and Sun, and for many magazines, including Reader's Digest, The Atlantic, Esquire, and Holiday.
In 1947, he completed So Dear to My Heart, the best seller that established him as one of America's favorite novelists. It was translated into 26 languages and charmed motion picture audiences everywhere when it was filmed by Walt Disney.
Rascal, an autobiographical story about raising a raccoon, was published in 1963 and immediately captured the hearts of both young and old. More than 2 1/2 million copies have been sold. The story was translated into 18 other languages and was made into a film by Walt Disney for release in 1969.
Six years later, North's final book, The Wolfling, was published. He tells the story of Robbie and the wild wolf pup he raises in the 1870's in rural Wisconsin.
Works by Sterling North:
- 1914 First published poem, printed in St. Nicholas magazine.
- 1925 First short story published in The Dial
- POEMS, 12 lyrics published by University of Chicago Press. Received the John Billings Fiske prize. Nineteen years old.
- 1929 The Pedro Gorino. The adventures of a Negro sea-captain in Africa and on the seven seas in his attempts to find an Ethiopian empire. An autobiographical narrative. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in United States, by Harrap in London as Umbala, and in Berlin
- 1933 Tiger. Chicago: The Reilly & Lee Co.
- Midsummer Madness. Grosset
- 1934 Plowing On Sunday. New York: The Macmillan Company. Jacket illustration by Grant Wood
- 1935 So Red The Nose, Or Breath In The Afternoon: Literary Cocktails. Co-edited with Carl Kroch. Farrar & Rinehart.Five Little Bears Chicago: Rand Mcnally & Co. Reissued in 1955
- 1936 Night Outlasts The Whippoorwill New York: The Macmillian Company. Jacket design by Francis McCray. Published in London by Cobden-Sanderson, 1937
- University Of Chicago Plays, Skits & Lyrics. Includes Two Gents From K.C.I Want A Regular Man and Helen Of Troy. Edited by Frank h. O'Hara. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Introduction to plays by Whitford Kane, introduction to skits by Beatrice Lillie.
- 1937 The Zipper ABC Book. Rand McNally
- 1939 Seven Against The Years. New York: The Macmillian Company
- 1940 Greased Lighting. Chicago: The John C. Winston Company, Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
- 1943 Midnight And Jeremiah. Philadelphia, PA: The John C. Winston Company. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese.
- 1945 Speak Of The Devil. Co-edited with C.B. Boutell. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. Jacket painting by Salvador Dali.
- 1947 So Dear To My Heart. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Jacket painting by Ilonka Karasz.
- 1952 The Birthday Of Little Jesus. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Illustrated by Valenti Angelo. and lyrics for
- Reunion On The Wabash. Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, Inc. Jacket design by Fred Banbery.
- 1956 Abe Lincoln: Log Cabin To White House. New York: Random House. Also published by Random House of Canada Limited.
- Son Of The Lamp Maker: The Story Of A Boy Who Knew Jesus. Chicago: Rand McNally & Company. Illustrated by Manning de V. Lee.
- 1957 George Washington: Frontier Colonel. New York: Random House. Also published by Random House of Canada Limited.
- 1958 Young Thomas Edison. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by William Barss.
- 1959 Thoreau Of Walden Pond. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Harve Stein.
- 1960 Captured By The Mohawks And Other Adventures Of Radisson.
- 1961 Mark Twain And The River. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Victor Mays.
- 1962 The First Steamboat On The Mississippi. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Victor Mays
- 1963 Rascal, A Memoir Of A Better Era. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Illustrated by John Schoenherr. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.
- 1965 Little Rascal. New York: E.P. Dutton And Company. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.
- 1966 Raccoons Are The Brightest People. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Illustrated by various photographers. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited, in London by Hodder. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Illustrated by Victor Mays.
- Hurry Spring. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Drawings by Carl Burger. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited.
- The Wolfling: A Documentary Novel Of The Eighteen-Seventies. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company. Also published in Canada by Clarke, Irwin & Company Limited. Illustrated by John Schoenherr.