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Eleanor Clymer
Eleanor Clymer (née Lowenton; January 7, 1906 – March 31, 2001), was an American children's author, best known for ''The Trolley Car Family'' (1947). She graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1928 with a degree in English language, English. Between the years of 1943 and 1983 she published 58 books, including ''The Tiny Little House'', ''My Brother Stevie'', and ''Hamburgers–and Ice Cream for Dessert''. Clymer was born in New York City, the daughter of Russians, Russian immigrants. Through much of her life she was a resident of Katonah, New York and an active member of the nearby Unitarian Universalist fellowship. In 1980 she was awarded the Rip Van Winkle award by the School Library Media Specialists of Southeastern New York for outstanding contributions to children's literature. Her son, Adam Clymer, was a journalist with ''The New York Times''. Clymer died in 2001 at the age of 95 in Haverford, Pennsylvania. References External links * Janet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global cultural, financial, entertainment, and media center with a significant influence on commerce, health care and life sciences, research, technology, education, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
