Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood
{{Short description|American writer}}{{Infobox writer
| name = Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood
| image = Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|12|30}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1992|03|25|1903|12|30}}
| birth_name = Elisabeth Hamilton
| birth_place = Marion, Indiana
}}
Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood (December 30, 1903 {{En dash}} March 25, 1992) was an American storyteller, librarian, and author of historical fiction for young adult readers.
Friermood ({{Nee}} Elisabeth Hamilton) was born in Marion, Indiana, to parents Burr Hamilton (a firefighter) and Etta Hale Hamilton. In 1928, she married [https://www.volleyhall.org/dr-harold-t-friermood.html Harold T. Friermood], author of The YMCA Guide to Adult Fitness. She and her husband collaborated on an autobiography, Frier and Elisabeth, which was published in 1979.
Friermood's experience as a children's librarian (in the Marion Public Library and the Dayton Public Library) inspired several of her characters. Her historical fiction was extremely well researched, and included books set in the Midwest in the 1800s describing pioneer life, the Spanish American war, the Underground Railroad, and two books about the Wabash River.{{Cite web|title=Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood|url=https://www.librarything.com/author/friermoodelisabethha|access-date=2020-09-24|website=www.librarything.com}} She also contributed articles and stories to Horn Book Magazine, Story Parade and Seashore Press publications.{{Cite book|last=Commire|first=Anne|url=http://archive.org/details/somethingaboutau05anne|title=Something about the author. [electronic resource]|date=1973|publisher=Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-8103-0058-3}} Her works were published by Doubleday.{{Cite book|last=Fuller|first=Muriel|url=http://archive.org/details/morejuniorauthor00full|title=More junior authors|date=1977|publisher=New York : Wilson|others=Internet Archive|isbn=978-0-8242-0036-7}}
Selected works
- The Wabash Knows the Secret (1951)
- Geneva Summer: A Romance of College Camp (1952){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1952-09-01|title=Review: Geneva Summer|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood/geneva-summer/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Kirkus Reviews}} {{OCLC|1652990}}
- Hoosier heritage (1954) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood/hoosier-heritage/]
- Candle in the Sun (1955)
- That Jones Girl (1956){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1956-09-01|title=Review: That Jones Girl|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-frfermood/that-jones-girl/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Kirkus Reviews}} {{OCLC|300889}}
- Jo Allen's Predicament (1959) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elizabeth-hamilton-friermood/jo-allens-predicament/]
- Head High, Ellen Brody (1958) (nominated for the Sequoyah Book Award in 1960) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood/head-high-ellen-brody/]
- Promises in the Attic (1960){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1960-10-01|title=Review: Promises in the Attic|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood-2/promises-in-the-attic/|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Kirkus Reviews}} {{OCLC|426968}}
- The luck of Daphne Tolliver (1961) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood/the-luck-of-daphne-tolliver/]
- Ballad of Calamity Creek (1962)
- The wild Donahues (1963)
- Whispering Willows (1964)
- Doc Dudley's Daughter (1965) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood-2/doc-dudleys-daughter/]
- Molly's Double Rainbow (1966)
- Circus Sequins (1968) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elizabeth-hamilton-friermood-3/circus-sequins/]
- Focus the bright land (awarded the Ohioana Book Award for Children's Literature in 1968){{Cite web|title=Past Award Winners – Ohioana Library|url=http://www.ohioana.org/programs/ohioana-book-awards/past-award-winners/|access-date=2020-09-24|language=en-US}} [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood-3/focus-the-bright-land/]
- Peppers' Paradise (1969) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood-4/peppers-paradise/]
- One of Fred's Girls (1970) [https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/a/elisabeth-hamilton-friermood-5/one-of-freds-girls/]
- Frier and Elisabeth, sportsman and storyteller (1979) (published by Vantage Press)
References
{{reflist}}
- [https://www.librarything.com/author/friermoodelisabethha Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood at LibraryThing]
- [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79055827/ Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood, WorldCat Identity]
- Commire, Anne (1973). Something about the author. [electronic resource]. Internet Archive. Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research. {{ISBN|978-0-8103-0058-3}}.
- Fuller, Muriel (1977). More junior authors. Internet Archive. New York : Wilson. {{ISBN|978-0-8242-0036-7}}.
- A photo of Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood can be found in the [https://mountainscholar.org/bitstream/handle/10217/208725/AGWS3637_01.pdf?sequence=1 Mountain Scholar Magazine]
External links
{{Portal|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
- https://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/DG0352.html
- [https://www.librarything.com/author/friermoodelisabethha Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood at LibraryThing]
- [http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79055827/ Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood, WorldCat Identity]
- [http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv09589 Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood papers, 1951-1964] at the University of Oregon
- [https://archives.isl.lib.in.us/repositories/2/resources/155 Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood collection, 1898-1959] at the Indiana State Library
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Category:20th-century American writers