Tom McGowen (1927–2015)
Autore di African-Americans in the Old West (Cornerstones of Freedom: First Series)
Sull'Autore
Tom McGowen is the author of more than fifty books for young readers. His first book with Enslow Publishers, Inc.
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Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- McGowen, Tom
- Nome legale
- McGowen Thomas Edward
- Data di nascita
- 1927-05-06
- Data di morte
- 2015-09-30
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Illinois
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Evanston, Illinois, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Hoffman Estates Illinois, USA
- Causa della morte
- Cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Norridge, Illinois
- Istruzione
- Roosevelt University (formerly Roosevelt College of Chicago)
American Academy of Art - Attività lavorative
- production manager (Sidney Clayton and Associates, 1949-53)
advertising manager (Justrite Manufacturing Co., 1953-54)
sales promotion director (National Safety Council, 1954-59)
creative director (Hensley Co., 1959-69)
senior editor (World Book, Inc., 1969-) - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Notable Children's Book in the Field of Social Studies citation, Association of Social Sciences Teachers, 1975, for Album of Prehistoric Man
Outstanding Science Book for Children citations, National Science Teachers Association/Children's Book Council Joint Committee, 1980, for Album of Whales, and 1986, for Radioactivity: From the Curies to the Atomic Age
Booklist Children's Editors Choice Award and nominations for Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award, Sequoyah Young Readers Award, and Young Hoosier Book Award, all 1987, for The Magician's Apprentice
Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Field of Children's Literature, Children's Reading Round Table 1990
Book for the Teen Age citation, New York Public Library, 1991, for The Great Monkey Trial: Science versus Fundamentalism in America
Children's Book of the Year citation, Child Study Children's Book Committee, 1992, for A Trial of Magic (mostra tutto 7)
Honor Book in the category for social studies, Society of School Librarians International, 2000, for Robespierre and the French Revolution in World History
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- Opere
- 82
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 1,243
- Popolarità
- #20,645
- Voto
- 3.7
- Recensioni
- 9
- ISBN
- 148
- Lingue
- 4