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Mary Jane Carr

Born

in St. Mary's, Minnesota?, The United States

January 01, 1885

Died

January 01, 1988

Genre

Children's Books, Historical Fiction

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MARY JANE CARR has lived in the Pacific Northwest all her life. She was born and grew up with four sisters and four brothers in Portland, Oregon. She attended both high school and Marylhurst College there.
After college Miss Carr joined The Catholic Sentinel, a weekly newspaper. She began as a proofreader and eventually worked her way up to the job of associate editor. Her feature articles also appeared in the daily papers. Her interest in the obscure history of the Old Oregon Trail led to a series of stories in the Sunday magazine section of The Portland Oregonian. These stories became Children of the Covered Wagon when their enthusiastic reception encouraged Miss Carr to have them published in book form.
Children of the Covered Wagon was ...more

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Average rating: 3.72 · 159 ratings · 36 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	Children Of The Covered Wagon 3.88 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1934 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr, Richard Holberg (Illustrator) 3.27 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1940 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Peggy and Paul and Laddy it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1936	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Top of the Morning (1941) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Peggy and Paul and Laddy by Mary Jane Carr, Kathleen Voute (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the Covered Wagon: A story of the Old Oregon Trail 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Children of the covered wagon: A story of the old Oregon trail 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	YOUNG MAC OF FORT VANCOUVER by Mary Jane Carr, Richard Holbert (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“There was something worthwhile in every boy, and if the something worthwhile could be discovered and developed, it would crowd out the bad.”
― Mary Jane Carr, Young Mac of Fort Vancouver

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