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(1893-1986) Poet. Elizabeth Coatsworth was born in Buffalo, New York, and died in Nobleboro, Maine.

Full Name

Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth

Locations

Erie

Author's Timeline


1893

BIRTH

Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth was born in Buffalo, New York, on May 31, 1893.

1915

OTHER

Ms. Coatsworth graduated from Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, in 1915.

1916

OTHER

Ms. Coatsworth received a Master of Arts from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York, in 1916.

1923

LITWORK

Fox Footprints
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Publisher

Poetry.

1929

LITWORK

Compass Rose
Coward McCann

Collection of poetry.

1930

LITWORK

The Cat Who Went To Heaven
New York: Macmillan

Children's book; winner of the Newbery Medal in 1931, illustrated by Lynd Ward.

1934

LITWORK

Away Goes Sally
New York: Macmillan

Children's historical novel, illustrated by Helen Sewell.

1938

LITWORK

Here I Stay: A Maine Novel
Coward McCann

Novel.

1939

LITWORK

Five Bushel Farm
Macmillan

Children's historical novel, illustrated by Helen Sewell.

1942

LITWORK

The White Horse
Macmillan

Children's historical novel, illustrated by Helen Sewell.

1944

LITWORK

Trudy And The Tree House
Macmillan

Children's novel.

1947

LITWORK

Maine Ways
Macmillan

Autobiographical.

1976

LITWORK

Personal Geography: Almost An Autobiography
Stephen Greene Press
0828902828 ISBN-13: 978-0828902823
Autobiographical.

1986

DEATH

Elizabeth Coatsworth died in Nobleboro, Maine, on August 31, 1986.

1986

INTERMENT

Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth was interred in the Beston-Coatsworth Family Cemetery, Nobleboro, Lincoln County, Maine.

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