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    William Maxwell
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Rosemary K Adams

Born: N/A
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Adams graduated from Dominican University and received her master's degree from DePaul University.

Biography: Rosemary Adams Was director of print and multimedia publications at the Chicago History Museum. Working with the Chicago History Museum, Rosemary also was the editor-in-chief of the Chicago History magazine.

Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): History; Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Website: http://www.turnerpublishing.com/authors/detail/rosemary-k-adams
Rosemary K Adams on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=rosemary+k+adams

Selected Titles

Historic photos of Christmas in Chicago
ISBN: 9781596525115 OCLC: 277245515

Turner Pub. Co., Nashville, Tenn. : ©2008.

What George wore and Sally didn't :
ISBN: 0913820210 OCLC: 39912640

Chicago Historical Society, Chicago : 1998.

 

 

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