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Emma Gelders Sterne

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(1894 - 1971)

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Emma Gelders Sterne was born in Birmingham, Alabama in 1894. She graduated from Smith College in 1916. She began her writing career by writing stories for her two daughters. She went on to write historical fiction and history books for children. She was a strong proponent of civil rights.



Bibliography

The Bible Old Testament and New Testament (1959)

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An illustrated simplified version of the Bible. This is the one-volume edition.

Author(s): Barbara Lindsay
Emma Gelders Sterne
The Bible
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
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Drums of Monmouth (1935)

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This is a biography of Philip Freneau, known as the poet of the revolution. He was a friend of Madison and Jefferson and edited an anti-federalist newspaper.

Author(s): Emma Gelders Sterne
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table (1962)

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A retelling of the story of King Arthur and his Knights.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Barbara Lindsay
Emma Gelders Sterne
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Miranda is a Princess (1937)

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Miranda is a princess of Catalonia. In this fantasy, the Catalonians send the army of Castile packing, thanks to the puppet master Papa ‘Tero.

Author(s): Emma Gelders Sterne
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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