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

  • Portait of L. Frank Baum
    L. Frank Baum
    The Wizard of Oz; A New Wonderland; The Navy Alphabet...
  • Portait of Jane Addams
    Jane Addams
    A Belated Industry; A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil; Newer Ideals of Peace...
  • Portait of James Jones
    James Jones
    Some came running; From here to eternity; The merry month of May...
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Howard Rusk Long

Born: 1906
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: He worked at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.

Biography: Howard Rusk Long was the former chairman of the School of Journalism at SIUC and author. He was instrumental in the growth of the journalism program at SIU and in the development of the campus newspaper.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Howard Rusk Long on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=howard+rusk+long

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