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Frances Cook Steen

Born: 1851 in Xenia, Ohio
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Frances Cook Steen was a prominent member of the Aledo, Illinois community from 1893 until her death in 1933.

Biography: Frances was an accomplished but little known poet, composer and teacher of music. She was also a very talented but unknown artist during her lifetime. She had two volumes of poetry published to her credit. Those publications are as follows:''Life Waves'' (The Aledo Democrat Publishing Co., 1922) and ''Along the Way'' (Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1931).


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Primary Literary Genre(s): Poetry

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers; Young adult readers

Frances Cook Steen on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=frances+cook+steen


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