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Fourth Floor Frieze

The names of 35 distinguished Illinois authors are etched into the 4th floor frieze of the Illinois State Library Building.

  • Portait of Jane Addams
    Jane Addams
    A Belated Industry; A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil; Newer Ideals of Peace...
  • Portait of Ring Lardner
    Ring Lardner
    The Big Town; Ring around the bases; How to write short stories...
  • Portait of Vachel Lindsay
    Vachel Lindsay
    Selected poems of Vachel Lindsay; Daniel jazz and other poems; General William Booth Enters into Heaven...
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Art Reid

Born: 1927 Urbana, Il.
Died: 2005 in Spokane, Wash.

Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Reid has a column in the Southern Illinoisan.

Biography: Art Reid is a naturalist and local historian.

Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Art Reid on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=art+reid

Selected Titles

Fishing southern Illinois /
ISBN: 0809312948 OCLC: 13218546

 

 

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