Mary Jane Carr

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Mary Jane Carr


Born
in St. Mary's, Minnesota?, The United States
January 01, 1885

Died
January 01, 1988

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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.
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Children Of The Covered Wagon

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Young Mac of Fort Vancouver

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Peggy and Paul and Laddy

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1936
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Top of the Morning (1941)

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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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