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Well, my year of blogging about writers in American history comes to a close with a more contemporary author, Carol Ryrie Brink. She wrote more than 30 juvenile and adult books, and her novel, Caddie Woodlawn, won the 1936 Newberry Medal and a Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1958, attesting to the longevity of her books’ appeal.
Carol was born in Moscow, Idaho as Caroline Sybil Ryrie, the only child of Alexandre Ryrie and Henrietta Watkins. Her Scottish-born father also served as mayor of Moscow from 1895-1897. He died in 1900, and her mother remarried. Her step-father, Elisha Nathaniel Brown, failed, and her mother took her own life in 1904 at the age of 29, leaving Caroline to be raised by her widowed grandmother, Caroline Woodhouse Watkins. Carol later used her as a model for her character Caddie Woodlawn. Carol was inspired by her grandmother’s life and storytelling abilities, setting the stage for her future career.
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Carol began writing for her school newspapers, continuing in college, where she graduated from the Portland Academy in Oregon before attending the University of Idaho in Moscow from 1914-1917. She wrote for both the college newspaper and the yearbook. In 1917, she transferred to the University of California in Berkeley for her senior year, graduated the following year.
Right after graduation, she married Raymond Brink, a mathematics professor she’d met in Moscow. He now taught at the University of Minnesota, and so Carol moved to St. Paul, where they lived for 42 years, raising a son David and a daughter Nora. They loved spending summers in the Wisconsin backwoods, and traveled often to Scotland and France.
Carol’s first novel, Anything Can Happen on the River, released in 1934. She continued writing fiction, publishing more than 30 books and two plays. And she added poetry and painting to her endeavors.
She was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Idaho in 1965, and Brink Hall, at that same university, contains the English department.
Raymond passed away in 1973 after 55 years of marriage, and Carol died eight years later in 1981 at the age of 85.
In 1995, on the centennial of her birth, the “Carol Ryrie Brink Nature Park” was dedicated. And, in the city’s north end, the refurbished Carnegie building of the city library contains the “Carol Ryrie Brink Reading Room” in the children’s area. Carol frequented that library as a child.
In her family, the oldest daughter has been named either Carol or Caroline for at least seven generations, continuing to the present.
Leaving a legacy to future generations is critical, and Carol surely has done her part.
Leave a comment about Carol Ryrie Brink and share your thoughts about her enduring legacy.
About Donna:
A hybrid author, Donna writes squeaky clean historical and contemporary suspense. She has been published more than 60 times in books; is a member of several writers' groups; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, traveling extensively for both, and is an avid oil painter. She is taking all the information she’s learned along the way about the writing and publishing process, and is coaching committed writers eager to tell their story.
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Right after graduation, she married Raymond Brink, a mathematics professor she’d met in Moscow. He now taught at the University of Minnesota, and so Carol moved to St. Paul, where they lived for 42 years, raising a son David and a daughter Nora. They loved spending summers in the Wisconsin backwoods, and traveled often to Scotland and France.
Carol’s first novel, Anything Can Happen on the River, released in 1934. She continued writing fiction, publishing more than 30 books and two plays. And she added poetry and painting to her endeavors.
She was awarded an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Idaho in 1965, and Brink Hall, at that same university, contains the English department.
Raymond passed away in 1973 after 55 years of marriage, and Carol died eight years later in 1981 at the age of 85.
In 1995, on the centennial of her birth, the “Carol Ryrie Brink Nature Park” was dedicated. And, in the city’s north end, the refurbished Carnegie building of the city library contains the “Carol Ryrie Brink Reading Room” in the children’s area. Carol frequented that library as a child.
In her family, the oldest daughter has been named either Carol or Caroline for at least seven generations, continuing to the present.
Leaving a legacy to future generations is critical, and Carol surely has done her part.
Leave a comment about Carol Ryrie Brink and share your thoughts about her enduring legacy.
About Donna:
A hybrid author, Donna writes squeaky clean historical and contemporary suspense. She has been published more than 60 times in books; is a member of several writers' groups; facilitates a critique group; teaches writing classes; and judges in writing contests. She loves history and research, traveling extensively for both, and is an avid oil painter. She is taking all the information she’s learned along the way about the writing and publishing process, and is coaching committed writers eager to tell their story.
www.DonnaSchlachter.com
Newsletter: https://www.thepurposefullwriter.com/newslettersignup Stay connected so you learn about new releases, preorders, and presales, as well as check out featured authors, book reviews, and a little corner of peace. Plus: Receive 2 free ebooks simply for signing up for our free newsletter!
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/DonnaschlachterAuthor
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Donna-Schlachter/author/B01180A2EE
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/donna-schlachter
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/14116621.Donna_Schlachter
The Purpose-Full Writer: https://www.facebook.com/groups/604220861766651
Want to learn how to leave your own legacy?: www.ThePurposeFullWriter.com
Resources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Ryrie_Brink
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