Clara Barton: Founder of the American Red Cross
Augusta Stevenson
(Author)
Frank Giacoia
(Illustrator)
Description
One of the most popular series ever published for young Americans, these classics have been praised alike by parents, teachers, and librarians. With these lively, inspiring, fictionalized biographies - easily read by children of eight and up - today's youngster is swept right into history.
Product Details
Price
$7.99
$7.43
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Publish Date
October 31, 1986
Pages
192
Dimensions
5.03 X 7.66 X 0.53 inches | 0.29 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780020418207
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About the Author
Augusta Stevenson was a writer of children's books and a teacher. She wrote several Childhood of Famous Americans titles, including books about George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Paul Revere, Sitting Bull, Benjamin Franklin, and Molly Pitcher.
FRANK B. GIACOIA studied at the School of Industrial Arts in Manhattan and at the Arts Students League. He became a staff artist at the Iger Shop in 1941. Among his early comic book art, are crime stories for ACE, horror comics for Avon and work for Classics Illustrated. He has done countless titles for DC/National, such as 'Molly Adams', 'The Flash', 'Batman' and war stories.
Giacoia has contributed to Dell, Eartern Color, Fawcett, Harvey and Feature/Prize/Crestwood. From the 1960s through the 1980s, he was mainly active as an inker for Marvel Comics, among others on Jack Kirby's 'Captain America'. In the 1980s, he also did inks on Archie Comics.
Among his syndicated comics are the daily 'Spider-man' (1978-1981), 'Flash Gordon' (1959-60/68/69/86), 'Incredible Hulk' (inks, 1979-1980), 'Johnny Reb and Billy Yank' (1956-1959), 'Sherlock Holmes' (1954-1955) and 'Thorne McBride' (1960-1963).
Giacoia has contributed to Dell, Eartern Color, Fawcett, Harvey and Feature/Prize/Crestwood. From the 1960s through the 1980s, he was mainly active as an inker for Marvel Comics, among others on Jack Kirby's 'Captain America'. In the 1980s, he also did inks on Archie Comics.
Among his syndicated comics are the daily 'Spider-man' (1978-1981), 'Flash Gordon' (1959-60/68/69/86), 'Incredible Hulk' (inks, 1979-1980), 'Johnny Reb and Billy Yank' (1956-1959), 'Sherlock Holmes' (1954-1955) and 'Thorne McBride' (1960-1963).
