Jo Allen's Predicament by Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood

^ 'Past Award Winners – Ohioana Library'.Frier and Elisabeth, sportsman and storyteller (1979) (published by Vantage Press).Friermood ( née Elisabeth Hamilton) was born in Marion, Indiana, to parents Burr Hamilton (a firefighter) and Etta Hale Hamilton. Focus the bright land (awarded the Ohioana Book Award for Children's Literature in 1968) Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood (Decem March 25, 1992) was an American storyteller, librarian, and author of historical fiction for young adult readers.Promises in the Attic (1960) OCLC 426968.Head High, Ellen Brody (1958) (nominated for the Sequoyah Book Award in 1960).Geneva Summer: A Romance of College Camp (1952) OCLC 1652990.She also contributed articles and stories to Horn Book Magazine, Story Parade and Seashore Press publications. Her historical fiction was extremely well researched, and included books set in the Midwest in the 1800s describing pioneer life, the Spanish American war, the Underground Railroad, and two books about the Wabash River.

She and her husband collaborated on an autobiography, Frier and Elisabeth, which was published in 1979.įriermood's experience as a children's librarian (in the Marion Public Library and the Dayton Public Library) inspired several of her characters.

Friermood, author of The YMCA Guide to Adult Fitness. Louis Fair of 1904 brings a solution to Jo Allens problems, involving the two handsome McAllister brothers and Jos former. Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood (Decem– March 25, 1992) was an American storyteller, librarian, and author of historical fiction for young adult readers.įriermood ( née Elisabeth Hamilton) was born in Marion, Indiana, to parents Burr Hamilton (a firefighter) and Etta Hale Hamilton.

Jo Allen's Predicament by Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood