Jean Craighead was born in Washington. Her parents and extended family were naturalists, and she spent weekends during her childhood camping out in the woods, studying nature, foraging, and fishing. Her first pet was a turkey vulture.
In 1940, George graduated from Pennsylvania State University with degrees in both English and Science. She became a reporter for The Washington Post and was a member of the White House Press Corps. In 1944 she married John Lothur George, and began writing novels with him which she illustrated. She divorced in 1963. In 1960 she received a Newbery Honor for My Side of the Mountain. In 1969, she went to work for Readers Digest as a writer and editor. She has written over 100 books.
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Fiction, Children's fiction, Juvenile fiction, Juvenile literature, Ecology, Eskimos, fiction, Wolves, Animals, Eskimos, Survival, Wolves, fiction, Animals, juvenile literature, Arctic regions, fiction, Ecology, fiction, Adventure and adventurers, fiction, Birds, Falcons, Indians of north america, fiction, Survival, fiction, Bears, Endangered species, Indians of North America, Natural history, Wilderness survival, Wildlife conservation, fictionPlaces
New York (State), Arctic regions, Alaska, Florida, Everglades, United States, Catskill Mountains, Connecticut, Everglades (Fla.), Everglades National Park (Fla.), Great Smoky Mountains (N.C. and Tenn.), Kansas, Teton Range (Wyo. and Idaho), Venezuela, Arizona, Bitterroot River Valley, Catskill Mountains (N.Y.), Colorado, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico), Everglades National Park, Galapagos Islands, Great Plains, Hawaii, Idaho, Kilauea Volcano (Hawaii)People
Jean Craighead George (1919-), Corduroy, Denton Scott, Dippers (Birds), Ferdinand, Homer Price, Madeline, Matilda, Miss Ruphius, Peter Rabbit, Pippi Långstrump, Sam Gribley, Sebastian, Winnie-the-PoohID Numbers
- OLID: OL19009A
- BookBrainz: c10cff3e-d4ee-4435-8aec-772e5dad24d9
- GoodReads: 23509
- ISNI: 0000000120248968
- Library of Congress Names: n80010436
- LibriVox: 12809
- MusicBrainz: ffb1c67b-c27f-413d-8236-fd1572aa1244
- VIAF: 44418732
- Wikidata: Q275188
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q275188
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- C. GEORGE
- Jean Craighead
- Jean Carolyn Craighead
- Jean George
- Jean C. George
- Jean Creaghead George
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