Iris Vinton

Vinton was born in West Point, Mississippi and moved to New York in the 1930s. Iris was the daughter of William Lewis and Maude Best Vinton.Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. Page 440. She was married to Louis German, who died in 1969. She received an AB degree from the Incarnate Word College, now University of the Incarnate Word in 1928.Lives of Mississippi Authors, 1817-1967. 1981. Page 440.

She wrote several children's historical stories, mostly based on fact. Flying Ebony (1947) was made into a film called Mooncussers. Summary: "Jonathan is too young to go to sea, but when Captain Dan leaves his horse Black Ebony for Jonathan to look after while the Captain’s at sea, Jonathan makes himself useful by riding up and down the coastline during storms, looking for ships in distress." Vinton "was also one of the cohort of authors who contributed to the immensely long Nancy Drew series."[https://www.janebadgerbooks-oldsite.co.uk/usa4/vinton.html Jane Badger Books].

Vinton was the director of publications for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America for 20 years.Library Journal. Volume 90, Issue 1 - Page 331. 1965. Vinton was also on the editorial board of Scholastic Books and Magazines, part of the Scholastic Corporation.Touring Literary Mississippi. [https://books.google.com/books?id=Rw9NlLPG1zUC&dq=%22Iris+Vinton%22+biography&pg=PA204 "West Point". Page 204.]

Vinton died in 1988 of breast cancer at her home in Manhattan. She was 82 years old.[https://www.nytimes.com/1988/02/09/obituaries/iris-vinton-82-author-of-novels-for-children.html "Iris Vinton, 82, Author Of Novels for Children." New York Times. February 9, 1988.]

• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1036885084 The Story of John Paul Jones]. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1971. Illustrated by David Lockhart. 156 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1269615 The Story of Edith Cavell]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1959. Summary: The story of Edith Cavell, the English nurse who was shot by the Germans, in Belgium during World War I, for aiding over 200 British and French soldiers to escape. Illustrated by Gerald McCann. 176 pages.
• Vinton, Iris, and Herman B. Vestal. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25321146 Look Out for Pirates!] New York: Beginner Books, 1961. Illustrated by H.B. Vestal. 64 pages.
• Vinton, Iris, and John Alan Maxwell. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1002675 The Story of Robert E. Lee]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. Abstract: A simple biography of the general who commanded the Southern Army during the Civil War.
• Vinton, Iris, and Alex D'Amato. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/427326182 The Folkways Omnibus of Children's Games]. [New York]: Hawthorn Books, 1973. Illustrated by Alex D'Amato. 320 pages.
• Vinton, Iris, and Graham Kaye. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1629798 The Story of Stephen Decatur]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1954. Illustrated by Graham Kaye. 181 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. Boy on the Mayflower. New York: Scholastic, 1970. Illustrated by Jon Nielson. 63 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1401262 We Were There with Jean Lafitte at New Orleans]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1957. Historical consultant: Robert Tallant. Illustrated by Robert Glaubke. 182 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1092947 The Story of President Kennedy]. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1966. Summary: A biography of John Fitzgerald Kennedy from his early political awakening, inspired by his colorful grandfather "Honey Fitz," to his too brief but very inspiring term as thirty-fifth President. Illustrated by Carl Cassler. Cover portrait by Earl Mayan.
• Vinton, Iris, and Addison Burbank. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1630353 Laffy of the Navy Salvage Divers]. New York: Dodd, Mead & Co, 1944. Drawings by Addison Burbank. 159 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1629897 The Black Horse Company]. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1950. 273 pages. Abstract: "Jonathan loses his job as messenger for the coast guard, but gets a far better one as look out for a salvage company. He still has his horse, Ebony, but there’s now added action with the abandoned schooner, Zanadu."{{Cite web|url=https://www.janebadgerbooks-oldsite.co.uk/usa4/vinton.html|title=Iris Vinton|website=www.janebadgerbooks-oldsite.co.uk}}
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/2454749 Our Nation's Builders]. Columbus, Ohio: Charles E. Merrill, 1968. For grades 5-8. 403 pages.
• Vinton, Iris, and Leo Summers. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/3062675 Missy and the Mountain Lion]. Syracuse: L.W. Singer, 1967. illustrated by Leo Summers.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1629973 Passage to Texas]. New York: Aladdin Books, 1952. Summary: Experiences aboard a Mississippi flat boat as a group of prospective settlers emigrate to the Texas wilderness in 1822. Grades 5-7.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1036664813 Longbow Island]. 322 pages. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1957.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1036762076 Now That You Are 9]. [New York]: Association Press, 1963. Pictures by Leonhard Shortall. 55 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20300024 Buried Treasure. A Comedy in One Act]. Chicago: Dramatic Pub. Co, 1932. 16 pages.
• Vinton, Iris. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/41788260 John Paul Jones]. Scholastic Book Services, 1959. 156 pages.
• Vinton, Iris, and Marc Simont. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156341167 Flying Ebony]. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1956. Illustrated by Marc Simont. 286 pages. Iris Vinton, a noted author of young adult novels, wrote "Flying Ebony", a story about the origins of the Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York and the story behind the black horse shown on the corporate flag. "The memory of the black horse of this book is preserved as a symbol to this day on the house flag of Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, the great ship salvage firm."Vinton, Iris, and Marc Simont. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/156341167 Flying Ebony]. New York: Dodd, Mead, 1956. Page vii.

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