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    L. Frank Baum
    The Wizard of Oz; A New Wonderland; The Navy Alphabet...
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    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
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    Studs Terkel
    American dreams, lost and found; Chicago; Giants of jazz...
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Melda Beaty

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Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: The author grew up on the west side of Chicago and moved to the suburbs before college. She has taught english at Northwestern, Illiinois State, and other colleges and community colleges.

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Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

Melda Beaty on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=melda+beaty

Selected Titles

My soul to his spirit :
ISBN: 0976562413 OCLC: 60694697

SoulDictates Pub., Alsip, Ill. : 2005, ©2003.

 

 

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