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Fourth Floor Frieze

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

  • Portait of James T. Farrell
    James T. Farrell
    Father and Son; Studs Lonnigan; The Death of Nora Ryan...
  • Portait of Ring Lardner
    Ring Lardner
    The Big Town; Ring around the bases; How to write short stories...
  • Portait of Donald Culross Peattie
    Donald Culross Peattie
    A natural history of North American trees; A book of hours; Diversions of the field...
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Frank Sadorus

Born: 1880
Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Sadorus was a descendant of a pioneer family who founded Sadorus, Illinois, in east Illinois.

Biography: Frank Sadorus was a farmer who lived with his mother, father, brothers, and sister on the family farm. During the off season from November to April, he photographed the people and landscape he knew intimately.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Frank Sadorus on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=frank+sadorus

Selected Titles

  Upon a quiet landscape :
ISBN: 0960964614 OCLC: 10235259

Champaign County Historical Archives, Urbana Free Library, Urbana, Ill. : ©1983.

 

 

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