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The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

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    Gwendolyn Brooks
    A call to character; Beconings; Maud Martha...
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    Cyrus Colter
    City of light; The Hippodrome; The rivers of Eros...
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    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
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Brother Herbert Janson

Born: 1923 in Columbia, Illinois
Pen Name: Herbert Janson

Connection to Illinois: Brother Herbert Janson was born in Columbia, Illinois.

Biography: Brother Herbert Janson taught mathmatics for 54 years and retired from Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, Texas. He authored many books in the Mathmatical Memories Series.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Brother Herbert Janson on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=brother++herbert+janson

Selected Titles

  God integrated the world /
ISBN: 0945632177 OCLC: 50298559

[St. Mary's University], [San Antonio, Texas] : [1996]

  Two fives :
ISBN: 094563207X OCLC: 40058204

St. Mary's University, San Antonio, Tex. : 1995.

 

 

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