Elizabeth Hoffman Honness papers circa 1957-1966

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Elizabeth Hoffman Honness papers circa 1957-1966

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This collection contains typescripts, galley proofs, and engraver's proofs for books by children's author Elizabeth Hoffman Honness (1904-2003), including (1957), (1961), and (1966). Mystery in the Square Tower Mystery of the Secret Message Mystery of the Pirate's Ghost

0.75 Linear feet

Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection

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Honness, Elizabeth Hoffman, 1904-

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Elizabeth Hoffman Honness was born on June 29, 1904 in Boonton, New Jersey. She graduated from Skidmore College in 1926, settling in New York to write advertising copy for Macmillan Company, Century Company, and Shelton Looms from 1927 to 1934. She also worked as the managing editor for the magazine American Girl. She married Jesse Alfred McKaughan in 1936. That same year, she published her first children's book, The Tale of the Sorry Sorrel Horse. She went on to publish a series of mystery nove...