Harriett Helen Carr

Born: 01/04/1899   Ann Arbor , MI
Died: 04/01/1977
Parents: Paul and Nellie Carr
Address(es):
Last known address:
Saint Petersburg , FL

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Bold Beginnings Fiction Teen New York : Hastings House 1964
Rod's Girl Fiction Teen New York : Hastings House 1963
Mystery of Ghost Valley Fiction , Michigan Children New York : Macmillan 1962
Young Viking of Brooklyn Fiction Children New York : Viking Press 1961
The Mystery of the Aztec Idol Fiction , Mystery Children New York, Macmillan 1959
Confidential Secretary Fiction Teen New York, Macmillan 1958
Valley of Defiance Fiction Children New York, Macmillan 1957
Wheels for Conquest Fiction Children New York, Macmillan 1957
Miami Towers Fiction Children New York, Macmillan 1956
Sharon Fiction Teen New York : Hastings House 1956
Against the Wind Fiction Children , Teen New York, Macmillan 1955
Where the Turnpike Starts
-  In 1835, after arriving in Detroit from New York, Anne Rogers and her family head west along the Chicago Turnpike hoping to settle in Michigan Territory. Anne faces many problems of adjustment to her new life on the turnpike. Anne and her friends are caught up in the exciting events leading to Michigan becoming a state
Historical Fiction , Michigan Children , Teen New York : Macmillan 1955
Borghild of Brooklyn
- Junior Literary Guild selection
Fiction Children , Teen New York : Ariel Books 1955
Gravel Gold Fiction Children New York : Ariel Books 1953
What is the aim or goal of your writing: "The Carr family did not come to America on the Mayflower, but by 1670 they were established in Massachusetts. And almost from that time on they have followed the frontier, from Massachusetts to New York State, on to Michigan, Colorado, North Dakota to the Pacific coast and back again. Generation after generation they wrote letters...they told stories to their children...they made friends with the Indians, established trading posts, broke the soil of the plain states, mined gold." 1st ed. says, " My advice to young people who long to write is simple; find a good teacher and critic, then keep trying."

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Medical Degree (M.D.) University of Michigan Ann Arbor , MI 1888

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Fiction writer
- Full time
1953 -1964
Assistant Director of Field Services Scholastic Magazine 1945 -1963
Associate editor Michigan Vocational Outlook 1940 -1945
Staff writer Michigan Education Journal 1939 -1940
Feature writer The Detroit News Detroit , MI 1935 -1939
Reporter and News editor
- First woman editor of a daily newspaper in Michigan
Ypsilanti Daily Press Ypsilanti , MI 1920 -1935
- At age 11, became published with a poem in national magazine
Editorial assistant American Vocational Journal

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