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E.B White. Where He Was Born July 11 th, 1899 at Mount Vernon.

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1 E.B White

2 Where He Was Born July 11 th, 1899 at Mount Vernon

3 Where He Lived New York City Brooklyn, Maine

4 E.B’s full name is Elwyn Brooks White His Name

5 Poetry The Lady is Cold The Fox of Peapack

6 First Popular Books A Subtreasury of American Humor Is Sex Necessary? One Mans Meat

7 Quotes The time not to become a father is 18 years before a war. Humor can be dissected like a frog can, but the thing dies in the progress and the innards are discouraging to any but the scientific mind.

8 Children Classics Stuart Little Charlottes Web The Trumpet of The Swan

9 College Cornell University in 1921

10 Work Staff member of the New Yorker Magazines

11 How many books? Over 17 books he authored. About 13 poems

12 Academy's He was in the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1973.

13 Medals/Awards He won the Gold Medal for Essays and Criticism from the National Institute of Arts and Letters in 1960.

14 One of her books, Charlottes Webb a young girl named Fern finds herself a part of pig. Fern spends her free time with Wilbur the pig whom she loves and the other barn animals who play a large part in the life of Wilbur. Charlotte Cavatica, the large grey spider, friends up with Wilbur and helps him deal with the shocking news that his life will end as bacon on someone’s plate. Charlotte goes as far as coming up with an interesting plan that only this spider could carry out with the help of Templeton the rat (who never does anything unless there is something in it for himself) to help Wilbur escape death.

15 When he died October 1 st, 1985 Buried in Brookline, Maine beside his wife Katherine.


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