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| − | '''Scott O'Dell''' (May 23, 1890 – October 15, 1989) is an [[American]] [[author]] who wrote twenty-six children's novels, three adult novels, and four non-fiction books. He is best known for "Island of the Blue Dolphins." | + | '''Scott O'Dell''' (May 23, 1890 – October 15, 1989) is an [[American]] [[author]] who wrote twenty-six children's novels, three adult novels, and four non-fiction books. He is best known for "Island of the Blue Dolphins."<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/</ref> |
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| + | ==Life and Works== | ||
| + | O'Dell was born '''Odell Gabriel Scott''' on May 23, 1898, in Los Angeles, California.<ref>http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1603000880&userGroupName=mlin_s_duxburyms&zid=d02d09e85db1e9e90733c479b24a7c1a</ref> He grew up in a wild California in a house on stilts that was over water during high tide.<ref>http://www.librarypoint.org/Scott_Odell</ref> He attended Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, and the University of Rome.<ref>http://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Scott-ODell/312780</ref> He was a soldier in [[World War One]] and [[World War Two]] and a Hollywood cameraman (he worked on the set of ''[[Ben Hur]]'') before he began writing historical literature.<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/more-about-scott</ref> In 1960, he wrote the first of several children's pieces of historical fiction, "Island of the Blue Dolphins", which won the 1961 Newberry Award.<ref>http://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/scott-odell</ref> While ''Island of the Blue Dolphins'' is based on the true story of a California girl, much of the details come from O'Dell's memories of voyaging in handmade canoes as a child.<ref>http://www.scottodell.com/my-life-%26-books</ref> | ||
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| + | He died October 15, 1989, and is still survived by his widow, Elizabeth Hall.<ref>elizabethhall.net</ref> | ||
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| + | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Norton Juster]] | ||
| + | *[[Lewis Carroll]] | ||
| + | *[[Eric Carle]] | ||
| + | *[[Antoine de Saint-Exupry]] | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
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| + | ==External Links== | ||
| + | *[http://www.scottodell.com/ Official Website] | ||
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Revision as of 12:29, May 25, 2017
Scott O'Dell (May 23, 1890 – October 15, 1989) is an American author who wrote twenty-six children's novels, three adult novels, and four non-fiction books. He is best known for "Island of the Blue Dolphins."[1]
Life and Works
O'Dell was born Odell Gabriel Scott on May 23, 1898, in Los Angeles, California.[2] He grew up in a wild California in a house on stilts that was over water during high tide.[3] He attended Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin, Stanford University, and the University of Rome.[4] He was a soldier in World War One and World War Two and a Hollywood cameraman (he worked on the set of Ben Hur) before he began writing historical literature.[5] In 1960, he wrote the first of several children's pieces of historical fiction, "Island of the Blue Dolphins", which won the 1961 Newberry Award.[6] While Island of the Blue Dolphins is based on the true story of a California girl, much of the details come from O'Dell's memories of voyaging in handmade canoes as a child.[7]
He died October 15, 1989, and is still survived by his widow, Elizabeth Hall.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.scottodell.com/
- ↑ http://ic.galegroup.com/ic/bic1/ReferenceDetailsPage/DocumentToolsPortletWindow?displayGroupName=Reference&action=2&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CK1603000880&userGroupName=mlin_s_duxburyms&zid=d02d09e85db1e9e90733c479b24a7c1a
- ↑ http://www.librarypoint.org/Scott_Odell
- ↑ http://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Scott-ODell/312780
- ↑ http://www.scottodell.com/more-about-scott
- ↑ http://www.encyclopedia.com/children/academic-and-educational-journals/scott-odell
- ↑ http://www.scottodell.com/my-life-%26-books
- ↑ elizabethhall.net
