John Beatty
John Louis Beatty was born on January 24, 1922, in Portland, Oregon, and later became a history professor. He wrote ten books with his wife Patricia and helped edit a two-volume historical text entitled ''Heritage of Western Civilization''. Beatty served as an assistant professor of history and humanities at the University of California, Riverside and died on March 23, 1975, in Riverside, California.Patricia Beatty
Patricia Beatty was born August 26, 1922, in Portland, Oregon. She spent part of her life in the Pacific Northwest and occasionally resided on Indian reservations. Beatty graduated from Reed College in Portland and has worked as a children's librarian and a high school teacher. She has written fifty books, ten of which were with her first husband John Beatty. She remarried in 1975 to Carl Uhr, an economics professor at the University of California. She died on July 9, 1991.Awards and accolades
For Patricia Beatty
*1972 '' Jane Addams Children's Book Award'', nomination for ''Lupita Manana'' *1974 ''California Council Medal'' from the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People, won *1976 ''California Council Medal'' from the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People, won *1983 ''Literature Medal'' from the Southern California Council on Literature for Children and Young People for ''Jonathan down Under'', won *1984 '' Western Writers of America Award'', won *1987 ''Western Writers of America Award'', won *1988 '' Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction'' for ''For both Beattys
*1963 '' New York Times One Hundred Outstanding Books for Young People'' for ''At the Seven Stars'' *1965 ''Commonwealth Club of California Medal for best juvenile by a California author'' for ''Campion Towers'' *1966 '' Horn Book'' honor list for ''A Donkey for the King'' *1967 ''Southern California Council on Children's and Young People's Literature Medal'' for ''The Young Dirk''Bibliography
By both Beattys
*''At the Seven Stars'' (1963) *''Squaw Dog'' (1965) * ''Campion Towers'' (1965) *''A Donkey for the King'' (1966) *''The Royal Dirk'' (1966) *''The Queen's Wizard'' (1967) *''Witch Dog'' (1968) *''Pirate Royal'' (1969) *''Holdfast'' (1972) *''Master Rosalind'' (1974) *''Who Comes to King's Mountain?'' (1975)John Beatty alone
*''Warwick and Holland, Being the Lives of Robert and Henry Rich'' (1965) *''Heritage of Western Civilization'' Volumes I and II (1982)Patricia Beatty alone
*''Bonanza Girl'' (1962) *''The Nickel-Plated Beauty'' (1964) *''Eight Mules from Monterey'' (1966) *''The Queen's Own Grove'' (1966) *''The Sea Pair'' (1970) *''O the Red Rose Tree'' (1972) *''Red Rock over the River'' (1973) *''The Bad Bell of San Salvador'' (1973) *''How Many Miles to Sundown?'' (1974) *''Rufus, Red Rufus'' (1975) *''By Crumbs, It's Mine'' (1976) *''Something to Shout About'' (1976) *''Billy Bedamned, Long Gone By'' (1977) *''I Want My Sunday, Stranger'' (1977) *''Just Some Weeds from the Wilderness'' (1978) *''Lacy Makes a Match'' (1979) *''The Staffordshire Terror'' (1979) *''That's One Ornery Orphan'' (1980) *''Lupita Manana'' (1981) *''Jonathan Down Under'' (1982) *''Melinda Takes a Hand'' (1983) *''The Coach That Never Came'' (1985) *''Behave Yourself Bethany Brant'' (1986) *''John and Patricia Beatty Award
The ''John and Patricia Beatty Award'' is an award given by the California Library Association. The award was sponsored bReferences
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