Charles boardman hawes biography

Charles Boardman Hawes (born Clifton Springs, New York, 1889; died Springfield, Massachusetts, July 16, 1923) wrote children’s books. His book The Great Quest received a 1922 Newbery Honor Award. The 1924 Newbery Medal was awarded posthumously to him for The Dark Frigate. Children can read The Great Quest at: http://www.gutenberg.org/.

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PERSONAL: Born January 24, 1889, in Clifton Springs, NY; died July 15, 1923; married Dorothea Cable, 1916; children: two sons. Education: Graduated Bowdoin College (Brunswick, ME), 1911; attended Harvard University (Cambridge, MA), 1911-1912.

CAREER: Author, editor, and educator. Harrisburg Academy, Harrisburg, PA, teacher; Youth's Companion, Boston, MA, staff member; Open Road, Dayton, OH, associate editor.

AWARDS, HONORS: Longfellow fellow, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,; John Newbery Medal, American Library Association, 1924, for The Dark Frigate.

WRITINGS:

juvenile

The Mutineers, Atlantic Monthly Press (Boston, MA), 1920 reprinted, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1941.

The Great Quest, illustrated by George Varian, Atlantic Monthly Press (Boston, MA), 1921.

The Dark Frigate, Atlantic Monthly Press (Boston, MA), 1923, illustrated by Warren Chappell, Little, Brown (Boston, MA), 1996.

other

(With Dorothea Hawes) Whaling, Doubleday (New York, NY), 1924.

Gloucester: By Land and Sea: The Story of a NewE

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