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RE: Who is this lady? - Gene C - 02-26-2014 12:35 AM
Hint # 3
Our mystery writer also wrote a book about Nancy Hanks that was published in 1962
She passed away in 1976 at the age of 103 or 106. Her birth year is in question.
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-26-2014 06:01 AM
Augusta Stevenson?
RE: Who is this lady? - Gene C - 02-26-2014 08:42 AM
Congratulations Roger, you got it right!
She has written over 400 books, mainly biography's for children.
Odds are, when in grade school, you or your children have probably read at least one of her books. Many are still in print and widely read today, including here work on Abraham Lincoln.
http://www.amazon.com/Abraham-Lincoln-Emancipator-Childhood-Americans/dp/0020420307/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393417980&sr=1-1&keywords=auigusta+stevenson+abraham+lincoln
If you click on the image of the book, you will see the original copyright date of 1932. The book cover and illustrations may have changed over the years, but the story is much the same. A pretty amazing lady.
Here is her picture and some of her other books
http://images.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A0LEVjC93g1TJUYAALIPxQt.?p=augusta+stevenson&fr=&fr2=piv-web&hspart=att&hsimp=yhs-att_001&type=att_lego_portal_home
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-26-2014 09:28 AM
What an incredible lady! Great question, Gene.
RE: Who is this lady? - Gene C - 02-26-2014 11:11 AM
I forgot to mention, I picked up an older copy of her children's book on Lincoln for $2 on our trip to Springfield last fall. (and I do remember reading it when I was in grade school)
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-27-2014 01:31 PM
Who is this lady?
![[Image: thisladyhasaname.jpg]](http://rogerjnorton.com/thisladyhasaname.jpg)
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-27-2014 04:27 PM
Hint #1: Her name is not known in history for something she herself did.
RE: Who is this lady? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-27-2014 06:15 PM
Clara Harris in younger age?
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-27-2014 06:27 PM
Good try, Eva, but it's not Clara.
RE: Who is this lady? - L Verge - 02-27-2014 07:26 PM
One of the Cary sisters of Baltimore and part of the spy network? Best known for popularizing James Ryder Randall's song, "Maryland, My Maryland?"
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-28-2014 05:48 AM
Nope, Laurie, not one of the Cary sisters.
Hint #2: Her father and Abraham Lincoln were friends.
RE: Who is this lady? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-28-2014 07:13 AM
Dorothy Lamon?
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-28-2014 07:51 AM
Nope, Eva, not Dorothy Lamon.
RE: Who is this lady? - RJNorton - 02-28-2014 09:28 AM
Hint #3: 1862 (year)
RE: Who is this lady? - Eva Elisabeth - 02-28-2014 09:34 AM
Fanny McCullough?