Donald Culross Peattie

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Contents 1 General Information 1.1 Celebrated on the Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 External Links 8 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Donald Culross Peattie

Pen Name: Donald Peattie

Born: June 21, 1898 in Chicago, Illinois

Died: November 16, 1964

[edit] Celebrated on the Illinois State Library, Gwendolyn Brooks Building

"A library, in the sense of a group of chosen books, is a set of windows to look out upon the world, through which, also, one can look into the mind that selected them." - Donald Culross Peattie, Parade with Banners

[edit] Illinois Connection

Donald was born and raised in Chicago. He also attended the University of Chicago for two years.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Donald Culross Peattie, a native of Chicago, was one of the most accomplished nature writers in American letters. Among his many books, of special interest to Illinois are An Almanac for Moderns (1935), a collection of short essays- one for each day of the year- based on Peattie's observations at Kennicott's Grove near Chicago, and A Prairie Grove (1938), an imaginative history of a patch of Illinois prairie.

[edit] Published Works

• A Book of Hours, 1937

• A Prairie Grove, 1938

• The Road of a Naturalist, Houghton, 1941 - reprinted by Macmillan in 1986

• Sportsman`s Country, Houghton Mifflin, 1952

• Lives of Destiny, Houghton, 1954

• Parade With Banners, World Publishing, 1957

• Patterns, National Wildlife Federation, 1991

• A Natural History of of Eastern and Central North America, Houghton, 1980

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

A prairie grove ISBN: B0007GYFWG Release Date: 1958 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The road of a naturalist ISBN: B0006EI6QA Release Date: 1986 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Sportsman's Country ISBN: B0006AT4F6 Release Date: 1952 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Parade with Banners ISBN: B000IW85ZC Release Date: 1957 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

In 1990, his name was engraved on the frieze of the Illinois State Library alongside other great Illinois literary figures.

[edit] External Links

Donald Culross Peattie on WorldCat

Donald Culross Peattie on Amazon

Donald C. Peattie on Wikipedia

[edit] Editing

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