Call It Courage | Resources

Call It Courage For Further Reference

Commire, Anne, ed. Something about the Author. Vol. 1. Detroit: Gale Research, 1971. Entry on Sperry contains brief biographical information.

Something about the Author. Vol.

27. Detroit: Gale Research, 1982. Contains an obituary of Sperry.

Kingston, Carolyn T. The Tragic Mode in Children's Literature. New York: Teachers College Press, 1974. A look at Call It Courage as an example of a rejected tragic hero story.

Kirkpatrick, D. L., ed. Twentieth Century Children's Writers. New York: St.

Martin's Press, 1983. Includes biographical and critical comments with analyses of Sperry's writings.

Kunitz, Stanley, and Howard Haycraft, eds. Junior Book of Authors. 2d ed. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1951. Contains biographical information with some personal comments.

Miller, Bertha Mahoney, and Elinor W. Field, eds. "Newbery Medal Books, 1922-1955." Horn Book 44 (1968): 192-207. Includes interesting background information on...
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