Alice Alison Lide (1890–1955) was an American author of children's books. She received a 1930
Newbery Honor
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for her book ''
Ood-Le-Uk the Wanderer''.
Biography
Alice Alison was born in
Richmond, Alabama on February 8, 1890 to Joseph D. and Annie Hearst Alison. She had at least one sibling,
Margaret Alison Johansen, with whom she sometimes wrote. She attended
Converse College
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and
Columbia University
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.
Alison eventually married Thomas Evan Lide and added his last name to hers. The couple lived in
Selma and
Carlowville, Alabama.
Lide died November 21, 1955.
Bibliography
*''Ood-le-uk the Wanderer''. Boston; Little, 1930.
*''Aztec Drums''. New York; Longman Green, 1938.
*''Yinka-Tu the Yak''. New York; Viking, 1938.
*''Princess of Yucatan''. New York; Longman Green, 1939.
*''Johnny of the 4-H Club''. Boston; Little, 1941.
*''Mystery of the Mahteb, a Tale of Thirteenth-Century Ethiopia''. New York; Longman Green, 1942.
*''Little Indian Ongo.'' Richmond, Va.; Johnson Pub. Co., 1948.
*''Lapland Drum''. Nashville; Abingdon, 1955.
*''Magic Word for Elin''. Nashville; Abingdon, 1958.
*''The Wooden Locket.'' Viking Press, 1953.
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1890 births
1955 deaths
American children's writers
Converse University alumni
Columbia University alumni
Newbery Honor winners
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