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

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    Eliza Farnham
    California, in-doors and out; My early days; Ideal attained...
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    Hamlin Garland
    A member of the third house; Boy life on the prairie; Cavanagh, forest ranger...
  • Portait of Edgar Lee Masters
    Edgar Lee Masters
    Spoon River Anthology; Domesday book; Mark Twain: A portrait...
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Henry Dan Piper

Born: 1939
Died: 1999 in Murphysboro, Illinois

Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: He was the former dean of Liberal Arts and Sciences at Southern Illinois in Carbondale.

Biography: Henry Dan Piper was an author and literary critic.

Awards:

Primary Literary Genre(s): Non-Fiction

Henry Dan Piper on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=henry+dan+piper

Selected Titles

Fitzgerald's The great Gatsby :
ISBN: 0023957107 OCLC: 49420904

Macmillan, New York : [2000?], ©1970.

 

 

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