| LC control no. | n 50045815 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Key, Alexander, 1904-1979 |
| Other standard no. | http://dbpedia.org/resource/Alexander_Key Q905100 http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q905100 79191855 http://viaf.org/viaf/79191855 0000000446454286 http://isni.org/isni/0000000446454286 https://id.ndl.go.jp/auth/ndlna/00445577 164985956 http://www.idref.fr/164985956 FRBNF14569758 http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb145697587 http://cantic.bnc.cat/registres/CUCId/a11539768 http://datos.bne.es/resource/XX1330652 nm0450720 p317377 50684418 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1904-09-21 |
| Death date | 1979-07-25 |
| Place of birth | La Plata (Md.) |
| Place of death | Eufaula (Ala.) |
| Field of activity | Children's stories Young adult fiction Science fiction Fiction Science fiction |
| Profession or occupation | Authors Illustrators |
| Found in | His The red eagle ... 1935. CA online, Sept. 8, 2008 (Alexander Key, b. Sept. 21, 1904; d. July 25, 1979; illustrator and author, best known for his children's book, Escape to Witch Mountain. Wikipedia, September 27, 2016 (Alexander Key; Alexander Hill Key (September 21, 1904-July 25, 1979) was an American science fiction writer, most of whose books were aimed at a juvenile audience; nationally known illustrator before he became an author) The encyclopedia of science fiction website, September 27, 2016 (Key, Alexander (1904-1979) US writer who began publishing novels for children with The Red Eagle (1930), and who moved into Children's SF with the Sprockets Children's SF sequence: Sprockets: A Little Robot (1963), Rivets and Sprockets (1964) and Bolts -- A Robot Dog (1966). These books were not likely, however, to seize a wide audience despite their amiable simplicity. It was only with the Witch Mountain Young Adult sequence -- Escape to Witch Mountain (1968), filmed by Walt Disney as Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), and Return from Witch Mountain (1978), which was Tied to Disney's Return from Witch Mountain (1978) -- that Key's easy sentimentality was attached to a narrative strong enough to bear it; Alexander Hill Key, born La Plata, Maryland: 21 September 1904, died Alabama: 25 July 1979) <http://www.sf-encyclopedia.com/entry/key_alexander> Find a grave website, September 27, 2016 (Alexander Hill Key; Birth: Sep. 21, 1904, La Plata, Charles County, Maryland; Death: Jul. 25, 1979, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama; Burial: Memory Garden of Eufaula, Eufaula, Barbour County, Alabama) <https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50684418> |
| Associated language | eng |
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