Promises in the Attic by Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood

Monday: The Dayton Daily News follows the events of March 25 through the written accounts of survivors, including the story of 104-year-old Margaret Kender, now living in Florida.

Sunday: An overview of the causes and events surrounding the historic flood. “Promises in the Attic,” by Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood, 1960, a young adult novel about Ginger O’Neal and her family, who are stranded in the attic during the 1913.įollow the series: 100 years after the Great Dayton Flood A non-fiction retelling of the flood that is written like a novel. “A Time of Terror,” by Allan Eckert, 1965, Little Brown. “Through Flood, Through Fire: Personal Stories From Survivors of the Dayton Flood of 1913,” by Curt Dalton, 2001 “The Great Dayton Flood of 1913,” by Trudy Bell, 2008, published as part of the Images of America Series ISBN 978-0-8242-0036-7.“A Flood of Memories,” published by The Miami Conservancy District, with modern photography by Andy Snow, 2013

Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood, WorldCat Identity.

Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood at LibraryThing.

^ 'Past Award Winners – Ohioana Library'.

Frier and Elisabeth, sportsman and storyteller (1979) (published by Vantage Press).

Focus the bright land (awarded the Ohioana Book Award for Children's Literature in 1968).

Promises in the Attic (1960) OCLC 426968.

Head High, Ellen Brody (1958) (nominated for the Sequoyah Book Award in 1960).

Geneva Summer: A Romance of College Camp (1952) OCLC 1652990.

She also contributed articles and stories to Horn Book Magazine, Story Parade and Seashore Press publications. Her historical fiction was extremely well researched, and included books set in the Midwest in the 1800s describing pioneer life, the Spanish American war, the Underground Railroad, and two books about the Wabash River. She and her husband collaborated on an autobiography, Frier and Elisabeth, which was published in 1979.įriermood's experience as a children's librarian (in the Marion Public Library and the Dayton Public Library) inspired several of her characters. Friermood, author of The YMCA Guide to Adult Fitness. Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood (Decem– March 25, 1992) was an American storyteller, librarian, and author of historical fiction for young adult readers.įriermood ( née Elisabeth Hamilton) was born in Marion, Indiana, to parents Burr Hamilton (a firefighter) and Etta Hale Hamilton.

Promises in the Attic by Elisabeth Hamilton Friermood