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Forbes, Esther

LC control no.n 50024798
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3511.O3495
Personal name headingForbes, Esther
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Variant(s)Hoskins, Esther Forbes
Birth date1891-06-28
Death date1967-08-12
Place of birthWestborough (Mass.)
Place of deathWorcester (Mass.)
AffiliationBradford Academy
Profession or occupationNovelists Historians
Found inHer O genteel lady! ... 1926.
Her Paul Revere and the world he lived in (1942) awarded the Pulitzer Prize for history (1942); Her Johnny Tremain (c1943) awarded a Newbery Medal
Information from 678 converted Dec. 8, 2014 (1891-1967)
Wikipedia web site, April 9, 2020: (Esther Louise Forbes (June 28, 1891-August 12, 1967) was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal ; born in Westborough, Massachusetts ; from 1909 to 1912, she attended Bradford Academy ; Forbes died on August 12, 1967 in Worcester, of rheumatic heart disease)
Associated languageeng