Elsie Ziegler
Born: Nov 15, 1910, Chicago, Illinois
Died: May, 2008 in San Marcos, California Pen Name: Elsie Reif Ziegler Connection to Illinois: Ziegler was born in Chicago. She also lived in Park Ridge and Barrington, Ill., before moving to San Diego in 1979. Biography: Elsie Ziegler, nicknamed Peggy, was a mother, homemaker and freelance writer of short stories and novels. She received numerous awards for her writing and published stories in Every Woman, Judy's, Extension Magazine the Toronto Star, The Chicago Daily News Sunday Supplement, the Writer's Digest as well as Farm Journal Magazine. Her historically based books for young adults are available in most libraries in the U.S. and the internet, and deal with trades that immigrants brought to this country in the 19th century. These include glassblowing in "The Blowing Wand" and stone cutting in "Face in the Stone" both Junior Literary Guild Selections. Another book, "Light a Little Lamp," was about a young girl whose heroism during the great Chicago fire led her to become an important social worker.
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| Light a Little Lamp (The Daughters of Valor Series) ISBN: B0007E7N22 OCLC: John Day Co 1961 A young girl's heroism during the great Chicago fire leads her to become an important social worker. |
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The Blowing-Wand: A Story of Bohemian Glassmaking in Ohio ISBN: B000UBZF8G OCLC: Junior Literary Guild/John C. Winston Company 1955 Compelled by a dream, Jaroslav, a young immigrant boy, throws off the bonds of a dull, drab farm life to search for a ruby-glass candlestick and its mysterious owner. Jaro unexpectedly becomes a glassmaker's apprentice and fights a life-and-death struggle with an unscrupulous gambler to save precious secret formulas. |
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The Face in the Stone ISBN: B000NZ5RCS OCLC: Junior Literary Guild 1959 Serbian immigrant stonecutters reconcile their old country ways with the bustling life of Chicago in the 1890's. |