Eva Roe Gaggin
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Eva Roe Gaggin (January 9, 1879 – May 7, 1966), also known as E. R. Gaggin, was an American children's book author. She won a Newbery Honor in 1942 for her book, Down Ryton Water.
Life
Gaggin was born as Mary Eva Gourley on January 9, 1879, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Her name was legally changed to Mary Eva Gourley Roe on March 18, 1890, when she was adopted by Syracuse University mathematics professor Edward Drake Roe, Jr.
She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began to write at a young age. Her first story won a prize from a Boston newspaper when she was 8 years old. In 1905, she graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Philosophy. She married Edwin Hall Gaggin, an architect, on January 11, 1911. She had a child, named John Bridge Gaggin, that died on the day of his birth on July 23, 1919.
In 1939, The Viking Press published her book An Ear for Uncle Emil, which was about a Swiss girl and her doll. Kate Seredy illustrated 83 drawings for the book. In 1941, Viking Press published her book Down Ryton Water about Pilgrims from the Mayflower ship. The book contained drawings by Elmer Hader. Gaggin's book Down Ryton Water was awarded a Newbery Honor in 1942.
Works
- Jolly Animals (c. 1930){{cite news |title=Children's Book Week November 16th to 22nd |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53665074/childrens-book-week-november-16th-to/ |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=16 November 1930 |page=10}}
- An Ear for Uncle Emil (1939), illustrated by Kate Seredy{{cite journal |last1=Markey |first1=Lois R. |title=Kate Seredy's World |journal=Elementary English |date=1952 |volume=29 |issue=8 |page=452 |jstor=41383990 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/41383990 |access-date=18 June 2020 |issn=0013-5968}}
- Down Ryton Water (1941)
- All Those Buckles (c. 1945), illustrated by Mildred Cloete{{cite book |title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1972: January-June |date=1974 |publisher=Copyright Office, Library of Congress |page=1704 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Hj4hAQAAIAAJ&q=library+of+congress+%22All+Those+Buckles%22&pg=PA1704 |language=en}}{{cite journal |title=Peabody Bimonthly Booknotes |journal=Peabody Journal of Education |date=1945 |volume=23 |issue=2 |page=118 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1489654 |publisher=JSTOR |jstor=1489654 |issn=0161-956X}}
References
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{{cite news |title=Mrs. Gaggin Succumbs; Was Author |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53664081/mrs-gaggin-succumbs-was-author/ |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=The Post-Standard |date=9 May 1966 |page=11}}
{{cite news |title=Book Reviews: An Ear for Uncle Emil |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53663773/book-reviews/ |access-date=18 June 2020 |work=Sunday Call-Chronicle |date=11 June 1939 |page=10 |via=Newspapers.com}}
{{cite news |title=Books on Parade: Charm |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53663956/books-on-parade-charm/ |work=The Brooklyn Citizen |date=5 May 1939 |page=5 |via=Newspapers.com}}
{{cite web |title=Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present |url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyhonors/newberymedal |website=Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) |date=November 30, 1999 |access-date=18 June 2020 |language=en}}
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Category:American women children's writers
Category:Newbery Honor winners
Category:Syracuse University alumni