Authors and Illustrators Database

Virginia Law Burns

Born: 05/23/1925  Redford, Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.ViewFeatures.StringHtmlContent
Parents: Alvin J. and Leola M. Law
Children: James Ritchie, Jr., Duncan L. Ritchie, Meg M. Ritchie
Address(es):
Permanent:
8600 S. Fenner Rd.
Laingsburg, MI 48848
USA
Contact Information:
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 517-651-2953
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Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Bold women in Michigan history Biography, Michigan History Children Missoula, Mont. : Mountain Press Pub. 2001
"Michigan Natural Resources"
- Magazine article 		Non Fiction Children 1995
Image of Gentle Hunter: a Biography of Alice Evans, Bacteriologist Gentle Hunter: a Biography of Alice Evans, Bacteriologist Biography Children, Teen Laingsburg, Mich. : Enterprise Press 1993
Image of Tall Annie Tall Annie
- The fictionalized biography of Ana Klobuchar Clemenc (1888-1956), daughter of Slovenian immigrants, who worked for Socialist causes and was an important figure in the 1913 Camulet copper miners' strike in the Upper Peninsula. 		Historical Fiction, Michigan Children, Teen Bath, Mich. : Enterprise Press 1987
First Frontiers Biography, Michigan History Adult Bath, Mich. : Enterprise Press 1985
Image of Lewis Cass-Frontier Soldier Lewis Cass-Frontier Soldier
- The fictionalized biography of Lewis Cass (1782-1866) from his boyhood, to his work as Governor of the Michigan Territory, and to his role as U.S. Senator. Partially set in Detroit. 		Non Fiction, Biography, Historical Fiction, Michigan Children, Teen Bath, Mich. : Enterprise Press. 1980
Image of William Beaumont; Frontier Soldier William Beaumont; Frontier Soldier
- Publication years, 1978, 1989. 		Biography, Michigan History Children, Teen Laingsburg, MI : Enterprise Press 1978-1989
The House at the End of the Lane
- Editor 		Poetry
What is the aim or goal of your writing: To provide young readers with excellence in historical non-fiction; give them heroines and heroes.

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

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Awards:

Name Date
"Tall Annie" has been used as the source for a Grand Opera "Children of the Keweenaw" premiering in Calumet, MI 2001
Award of Merit-Historical Society of Michigan 1990
First Lady of Literature-Nominee, State of Michigan 1987
Alice Evans, heroine from Gentle Hunter, was admitted posthumously to the National Women's Hall of Fame as a result of my book

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993
Who's Who of American Women

Memberships:

Name Date
Historic Women of Michigan: published by MI Women's Studies Association

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Michigan State University E. Lansing, MI 1954-1956
Diploma Cranbrook Academy of Art Bloomfield, MI 1943
University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 1943-1947

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Elementary reading teacher Various Michigan public schools 1953-1987

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