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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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    Paul Angle
    A Pictorial History of the Civil War Years; Bloody Williamson; Philip K. Wrigley...
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    Abraham Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address; The Language of Liberty; The Gettysburg Address...
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    Vachel Lindsay
    Selected poems of Vachel Lindsay; Daniel jazz and other poems; General William Booth Enters into Heaven...
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James C. Curtis

Born: 1938 in Evanston, Illinois
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: James was born and raised in Illinois.

Biography: James Curtis is Professor Emeritus of American History at the University of Deleware. He is is a published author of young adult books.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Young adult readers

Email: jcurtis@udel.edu
James C. Curtis on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=james+c.+curtis

Selected Titles

Andrew Jackson and the search for vindication /
ISBN: 0673393348 OCLC: 26275805

HarperCollins, New York : ©1976.

  The fox at bay;
ISBN: 0813112141 OCLC: 90287

University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, 1970.

A critical analysis of the domestic and foreign policies of the United States president who assumed office at a difficult moment in history.

 

 

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