Edith S. McCall
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In 1955, after a distinguished career as an educator, Edith McCall moved to the Ozarks to pursue her lifetime dream of writing full-time. The award-winning author of 50 books, and coauthor of 30, she was a trailblazer in writing interesting textbooks and entertaining novels in controlled vocabulary for readers with learning disabilities. McCall's broad interests are reflected in her popular local lectures and her many articles for adults, which have been published in anthologies and a wide range of newspapers and national magazines, including American Heritage, The Instructor, American History, and the Kansas City Times. A four-time winner of the Missouri Writers' Guild Book Award, McCall was also named a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of Wisconsin in 1988 in recognition of her contributions to education and her body of work. In 1996 she was inducted into the Writers Hall of Fame. McCall has two daughters, five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren. When she isn't traveling, she can be found at home in Hollister, Missouri, working at her computer on her next writing project, or relaxing with her gardening, woodcarving, birdwatching ... or a good book. From
Books
Biography of a river
Traces the history of the Mississippi River, presents stories of people whose lives were affected by the river, and describes how humans have changed the Mississippi.
Better than a brother
The adventures of a young girl growing up at the turn of the century on the shores of Lake Monona in Madison, Wisconsin, where her family runs a boarding house for ice cutters.
Mississippi steamboatman
A biography of the riverboatman who, among other achievements, designed and built the first steamboat able to navigate the Mississippi River.
Message from the mountains
In the frontier town of Franklin, Missouri, in 1826, teenage friends Jim Matthews and Kit Carson share the dream of running away to a life of adventure on the Santa Fe Trail.
Hunters blaze the trails
Relates the adventures of Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, Buffalo Bill, and other hunters and trappers in the wilderness of the early 19th century.
Cumberland Gap and Trails West (Her Frontiers of America)
Relates the adventures of six men including George Washington and Daniel Boone, whose explorations of the Appalachian Mountain area during the 17th and 18th centuries opened up the way west.
Stalwart Men of Early Texas (Frontiers of America)
Brief biographies of six men who explored and founded settlements in early Texas. Included are Cabeza de Vaca, Robert La Salle, and Moses Austin.
Cowboys and Cattle Drives (Her Frontiers of America)
Highlights the lives of four cowboys: Charlie Goodnight, James Cook, Tom Smith, and Will Rogers.
Pioneering on the Plains. (Her Frontiers of America)
Presents the experiences of a child who became a man helping his father on their Iowa homestead and of a young man who literally carved out a home for his family on the Kansas prairie.
Wagons over the Mountains (Frontiers of America)
Seven stories of real people who used wagon wheels to thrust civilization farther and farther across this continent.
Man--United States and Americas
Traces the history and ways of life of the countries of North, Central, and South America, with emphasis on the United States.
Man--his world and cultures
A social studies text treating the history, geography, and culture of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and Oceania.
Man and the regions of the world
Describes the different regions of the world and how man has adapted to life in those regions.
Man and his communities
A basic textbook defining the varied aspects of community life--how people live, work, and govern themselves and how a community can improve or otherwise change.
You and Ohio
A textbook for the elementary grades tracing the history of Ohio's land and people from the last Ice Age to present times.
Butternut Bill and the train
Recounts a special day for Butternut Bill when his burro needed new shoes and the first train came to town.