Born: 11/07/1910   Detroit (Corktown) , MI
Died: 10/18/1984
Parents: B. J. Ratigan, Bertie Ratigan
Spouse: Eleanor (Librarian and writer)
Children: Patricia Ranger, Anne Pelton, Bobbie (deceased), Shannon Leitrim
Address(es):
Last known
Charlevoix , MI

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivors - Edmund Fitzgerald Edition, Lake Superior	Non Fiction	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1977
	Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivals - Morrell Edition, Lake Huron	Non Fiction	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1969
	The Adventures of Paul Bunyan & Babe	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1968
	School Counseling, a View from Within	Non Fiction		American School Counselor Association	1967
	Theories of Counseling - With Buford Steffire and others	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : McGraw Hill	1965
	Conflicts Within Counseling and Guidance in Broad Historical Perspective and in Contemporary Professional Focus	Non Fiction	Adult	East Lansing, MI : Michigan State University	1964
	Great Lakes Shipwrecks and Survivals - Bradley Edition, Lake Michigan	Non Fiction		Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1960
	Highways Over Broad Waters ; Life and Times of David B. Steinman, Bridgebuilder.	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan History	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1959
	The Long Crossing - Life of David B. Steinman, designer and chief engineer of the Mackinac Bridge	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan History	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1959
	The Blue Snow, Tiny Tim Pine, Adventures of Paul Bunyan and Babe - Trilogy	Non Fiction	Children	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1958
	Straits of Mackinac! Crosroads of the Great Lakes	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1957
	The Adventures of Captain McCargo	Non Fiction	Adult	New York : Random House	1956
	Hiawatha and America's Mightiest Mile	Non Fiction , Michigan History , Poetry	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1955
	Song of Hiawatha - Editor of Centennial Facsimile Edition	Non Fiction , Poetry	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1955
	Young Mr. Big : The Story of Charles Thompson Harvey, the young traveling salesman who built the world's mightiest canal.	Non Fiction , Biography , Michigan History	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1955
	Soo Canal - With foreward by Gen. Douglas MacArthur	Non Fiction , Michigan History	Adult	Grand Rapids, MI : Eerdmans	1952
	NBC War Poems	Poetry	Adult		1945
	Paul Bunyan Article - Encyclopedia Americana	Non Fiction	Adult , Children , Teen

What is the aim or goal of your writing: 2nd ed. says, " If I were to point out one way for beginners to learn to write, it would be to take other languages than English and try translating small passages (poetry was my selection) into American language, in my time I have done other things but they have always been peripheral to my writing--and I have never stoppped writing, no matter what. My first published short story came about a year and a half after marriage and first child. It was a detective story for a 'pulp' magazine. They paid 1 cent a word, so my first check was $50.00. My wife and I were so excited we left Detroit and went to her hometown of Denver." There is a joy in writing that I have never found in any other occupation." His obituary in Petoskey News-Review (Petoskey, Michigan), October 22, 1984, stated "Ratigan was a true spinner of tales", and his family suggested memorials go to the William O. Ratigan Memorial Fund at Charlevoix Public Library, Charlevoix, Michigan.

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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MeLCat Links:
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His papers have become part of the Michigan Historical Collections at the University of Michigan.

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