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(1933-2016) Author. James Cross Giblin was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was an award-winning writer of nonfiction for children.

Full Name

James Cross Giblin

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Giblin lived in Manhattan, New York, for many years.

1933

BIRTH

James Cross Giblin was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 8, 1933.

1955

OTHER

Mr. Giblin earned a master's in playwriting from Columbia University.

1982

LITWORK

Chimney Sweeps: Yesterday and Today
T.Y. Crowell

History, winner of an American Book Award.

1984

LITWORK

Walls: Defenses Throughout History
Little Brown & Company (Juv)
0316309540 / 978-0316309547
Nonfiction.

1986

LITWORK

Milk: The Fight for Purity
Thomas Y. Crowell
0690045727 / 978-0690045727
Nonfiction.

1987

LITWORK

From Hand to Mouth, or, How We Invented Knives, Forks, Spoons, and Chopsticks, & the Table Manners to Go With Them
Crowell
069004660X / 978-0690046601
Nonfiction.

1993

LITWORK

Be Seated: A Book About Chairs
Harpercollins Childrens Books
0060215372 / 978-0060215378
Nonfiction.

1995

LITWORK

When Plague Strikes: The Black Death, Samllpox, AIDS
HarperCollins Publishers
0060258543 / 978-0060258542
Nonfiction.

1997

LITWORK

Charles A. Lindbergh: A Human Hero
Clarion Books
0395633893 / 978-0395633892
Nonfiction.

2002

LITWORK

The Life and Death of Adolf Hitler
Clarion

Biography.

2005

LITWORK

Good Brother, Bad Brother: The Story of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth
Clarion Books
0618096426 / 978-0618096428
Nonfiction.

2009

LITWORK

The Rise and Fall of Senator Joe McCarthy
Clarion Books
0618610588 / 978-0618610587
Nonfiction.

2016

DEATH

James Cross Giblin died in Manhattan, New York, on April 10, 2016.

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