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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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    Lorraine Hansberry
    A Raisin in the Sun; To Be Young, Gifted, and Black; The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window...
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    Ring Lardner
    The Big Town; Ring around the bases; How to write short stories...
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    William Maxwell
    All the days and nights; The chateau; They came like swallows...
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James Barnet Fry

Born: February 22, 1827 in Carrollton, Illinois
Died: July 11, 1894 in Newport, Rhode Island

Pen Name: None

Connection to Illinois: Fry was born in Carrollton.

Biography: James Barnet Fry was an American Civil War General and prolific author of historical books.

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Primary Audience(s): Adult readers

+Barnet+Fry James Barnet Fry on WorldCat : http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=James
+Barnet+Fry James Barnet Fry on WorldCat: http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=James

Selected Titles

  The Conkling and Blaine-fry Controversy in 1866
ISBN: 1523772603 OCLC:

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform 2016-01-29

The Conkling and Blaine-Fry Controversy in 1866 by James Barnet Fry. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1893 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

 

 

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