Lynne A. Deur

Born: 03/14/1941   Jamestown
Parents: Milford L. and Bessie H. Adams
Children: Vincent, Sara
Address(es):
Permanent :
830 East Savidge
Spring Lake , MI 49456

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Resources to riches
- co-authored with Jean Shafer
Michigan History Children , Teen Spring Lake, MI : River Road Publications 1996
Settling in Michigan : and other true pioneer stories
- Stories of early Michigan pioneers adapted from original sources
Michigan History Children , Teen Spring Lake, Mich. : River Road Publications 1992
Making of Michigan
- Sara Michel. Traces the history of Michigan from prehistoric times to the present (1987).
Michigan History Children , Teen Spring Lake, Mich. : River Road Publications 1987
Explorers & Traders : a chapter from the Great Lakespast Michigan History Children , Teen Spring Lake, Mich. : River Road Publications 1985
A Lumberjack's Story : a chapter from the Great Lakes past Michigan History Children , Teen Spring Lake, Mich. : River Road Publications 1982
Image of Nishnawbe : a story of Indians in Michigan Nishnawbe : a story of Indians in Michigan
- Traces the history and customs of Ojibwa, Ottawa, Potawatomi, and other Michigan Indian tribes from prehistory to the twentieth century.
Michigan History Adult , Children , Teen Spring Lake, Mich. : River Road Publications 1981
Before You Begin: planning an Indian teaching unit Non Fiction Adult Grand Haven, Mich. : Instructional Media Services, Grand Haven Public Schools 1979
Sixty-Five Years : a history of the Ottawa County Road Commission, 1911-1976 Non Fiction , Michigan History Adult Grand Haven, Mich. : Ottawa County Road Commission 1976
Doers & Dreamers: Social reformers of the nineteenth century
- Brief biographies of fourteen nine-teenth-century men and women involved in such reform movements as women's rights, temperance, and the abolition of slavery.
Non Fiction , Biography Adult Minneapolis, Lerner Publications 1972
Indian Chiefs Biography Children , Teen Minneapolis, Lerner Publications 1972
Political Cartoonists Non Fiction Teen Minneapolis, Lerner Publications 1972
What is the aim or goal of your writing: I am mainly interested in American history topics, attempting to combine the accuracy and skills of a historian with writing techniques that make it palatable to the student or general reader.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: Yes

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Science (M.S.) University of Washington Seattle , WA 1965

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Publisher River Road Publications, Inc. Spring Lake , MI 1980
Editor Lerner Publications Minneapolis 1965 -1967
Company staff writer The Fideler Company Grand Rapids , MI 1963 -1965

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