Scott O'Dell papers 1959-1978

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Scott O'Dell papers 1959-1978

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Scott O'Dell (1898-1989) was a well-known author of historical fiction for children, most notably the Newbery award-winning (1960). This collection consists of a typescript for the book and related award ceremony materials. Island of the Blue Dolphins Island of the Blue Dolphins

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Free Library of Philadelphia: Children's Literature Research Collection

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O'Dell, Scott, 1898-1989

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Scott O'Dell worked behind the camera for MGM and Paramount and as a book columnist and editor before becoming a full-time author of adult fiction in 1934. His first YA book, Island of the Blue Dolphins, won the 1961 Newberry. He also won several Newbery Honor Awards, the William Allen White, the Nene, the Jugendbuchpreis (twice), and was the second American to garner the Hans Christian Andersen medal. From the description of Black Star, Bright Dawn : production material, 1988. (Univ...