John Bennett (author)

John Bennett (author)

John Bennet (May 14, 1865 - December 28, 1956) wrote and illustrated children's books. He was born in Chillicothe, Ohio. He wrote "The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo with Seventeen other Laughable Tales and 200 Comical Silhouettes", which won the Newbery Honor in 1929.

Works

* "Master Skylark: A Story of Shakespeare's Time" (1897)
* "The Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo, with Seventeen Other Laughable Tales & 200 Comical Silhouettes" (1928)
* "The Doctor to the Dead" (1946)

References

*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=38 | date=1974|id=ISBN 0-911682-20-1

External links

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* [http://muse.jhu.edu/login?uri=/journals/southern_cultures/v009/9.1reed_d.html Partial review] of Mr. Skylark: John Bennett and the Charleston Renaissance. By Harlan Greene. University of Georgia Press, 2001. ISBN 0820322113
*Find A Grave|id=7692578|name=John Bennett

* [http://hdl.handle.net/1802/1804, Her answer. Words by John Bennett. Music by Oliver Croone. For high voice and piano.] (From the Sibley Music Library Digital Score Collection)


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