North, Sterling

1906 – He was born this year in Edgerton, Wisconsin.

1929 – He attended the University of Chicago, but he left without graduating this year. One of his first books, The Pedro Gorino, published in 1929, was a narrative of the life of Harry Dean, an African-American sea captain.

1934 – This year he wrote his novel, Plowing on Sunday, featured a rare dust jacket illustration by Iowa artist Grant Wood.

1957 – He became the general editor of Houghton Mifflin’s North Star Books.

1963- He published his famous bestselling book “Rascal.”

1964 – He received a Newbery Honor this year for his famous book “Rascal.”

1966 – He received a Sequoyah Book Award and Young Reader’s Choice Award in the same year.

1974 – He died this year in Morristown, New Jersey.