![]() WorldCat record id: 62680912įrom the description of Slater's mill : production material, ca. Monjo Papers, 1970-1980, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections )Īmerican author of children's books, well known for his historical fiction.įrom the description of Papers, 1970-1980. 16 Twentieth Century Children's Writers, 3rd ed. Biographical Sources: Something About the Author, vol. ![]() Monjo received several honors for his books. Critics also praised his writing style for giving children a fresh and appealing look at any number of otherwise overworked periods of history, and called him one of the best in the writing of easy-reading history books. Critics praised his writing style for making the child's voice authentically his own, and also lauded his attention to detail and historical fact. ![]() During the 1970s Monjo published many other works of historical fiction, most written from a child's point of view, in an effort to humanize our forefathers. ![]() In 1968 he published his first book for children, Indian Summer, the story of a frontier woman's struggle to save her family. He graduated from Columbia University in 1946 and worked as an editor and later assistant director and vice president and editorial director in Books for Boys and Girls at several major publishing companies. (Ferdinand Nicolas) Monjo was born Augin Stamford, Connecticut. ![]()
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