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    Ring Lardner
    The Big Town; Ring around the bases; How to write short stories...
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    William Maxwell
    All the days and nights; The chateau; They came like swallows...
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    Frank Norris
    McTeague; A man's woman; Octopus...
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Charles Larry

Born: in Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Lives in Illinois.

Biography: Charles Larry is an illustrator. He has created a remarkable rendition of an Indian legend with beautifully detailed artwork.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Children

Charles Larry on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=charles+larry

Selected Titles

Peboan and Seegwun /
ISBN: 0374457506 OCLC: 28423565

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York : 1993.

An encounter between Peboan, Old Man Winter, and Seegwun, the Spirit of Spring, marks the transition from one season to another.

 

 

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