Werewolves

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Lippincott, 1973 - Werewolves - 127 pages
Examines the origins of werewolf legends, the characteristics of these beasts, and records of their existence throughout history.

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Contents

INTRODUCTION
11
III
29
IV
66
Copyright

4 other sections not shown

Common terms and phrases

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About the author (1973)

Nancy Garden was born in Boston, Massachusetts on May 15, 1938. She attended Columbia University School of Dramatic Arts, which lead to work in community theater and four seasons of professional summer stock. She received a master's degree in speech from Columbia Teachers College. She taught for a while and then became an editor. Her first two books, What Happened in Marston and a nonfiction book entitled Berlin: City Split in Two, were published in 1971. Her other works include Molly's Family, Endgame, and Annie on My Mind. She received numerous awards including the Margaret A. Edwards Award for lifetime achievement in writing books for young adults in 2003, the Katahdin Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2005, and the Lee Lynch Classic Award from the Golden Crown Literary Society in 2014. She also received the Robert B. Downs Intellectual Freedom Award in 2001 for her work defending Annie On My Mind from an attempt to ban it from libraries in a Kansas school district, and for her anti-censorship efforts in general. She died of a massive heart attack on June 23, 2014 at the age of 76.

Bibliographic information

TitleWerewolves
Portraits of the Nations Series
The Weird and horrible library
AuthorNancy Garden
PublisherLippincott, 1973
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 22, 2011
ISBN0397314639, 9780397314638
Length127 pages
  
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