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I'm June Simms. This week on our program, we remember the much-loved children's writer Jean Craighead George...
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Jean Craighead George
JUNE SIMMS: A well-loved children's book writer has died. Jean Craighead George wrote many books, including "Julie of the Wolves" and "My Side of the Mountain." Her stories often tell about the beauty and power of wilderness, and the young people trying to survive in it. Christopher Cruise has more.
CHRISTOPHER CRUISE: Jean Craighead George died on May fifteenth following a stroke. The writer had lived ninety-two years, much of that exploring the wilderness and its animals. She also spent a lot of time writing, producing more than one hundred books.
Jean Craighead George
Jean Craighead George was born in Washington, DC, in nineteen-nineteen. Her interest in nature and animals came early and maybe from her father. He worked for the National Forest Service. The family spent a lot of time in wooded areas along the Potomac River. Jean and her twin brothers learned how to build shelters and find food in the woods.
Her brothers trained falcons, one of the most powerful birds in the DC area. Jean Craighead George said the twins were among the first falconers in the United States. She also said that they gave her a falcon to train when she was thirteen years old. Later the main character in one of her books develops a close relationship with a falcon.
Jean Craighead George studied science and English at Pennsylvania State University. She worked as a reporter during the nineteen forties. She also married and had three children during this period.
She and her family started exploring wilderness areas all over the country. They also raised many animals, from huge tarantula spiders to owls an
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