South Fork Companion: Dec 28: Author Carol Ryrie Brink
Writer Caroline Ryrie was born December 28, 1895 in Moscow, Idaho. Misfortune dimmed her early years. When she was five, her father died of tuberculosis. The following year, her maternal grandfather, Dr. William W. Watkins, was shot to death on the streets of Moscow. Watkins was the first President of the Idaho State Medical Society, and I mentioned his murder in my blog about the Society [Sept 12]. That killing, plus a failed second marriage, was blamed for the suicide of Caroline’s mother in 1904. Grandmother Watkins raised Carol, and gifted the budding writer with a love of storytelling and reminiscences of her own childhood on the Wisconsin frontier. Carol first wrote for herself and then published stories in a high school magazine. In 1914, she entered the University of Idaho (UI), where she worked on the Argonaut , the student newspaper. She also wrote several plays for student production. Brink had been an Instructor at the UI Preparatory School starting in 1909. It’s unclear whether or not Carol took high school classes at the Prep, but they evidently became friends at that time. By the time they married, Raymond had completed a Ph.D. and spent a year in France. Except for Raymond’s two sabbaticals in France and a one-year lectureship in Edinburgh, they lived in Minnesota until his retirement. Her first published book, Anything Can Happen on the River, released in 1934, benefited from her experiences during one of the family’s visits to France. Her second book, Caddie Woodlawn , in 1936, grew from her grandmother’s stories about early Wisconsin. That book won a Newbery Medal, awarded to outstanding works of children’s literature. Three of her children’s books – All Over Town (1939), Two are Better Than One (1968) and Louly (1974) – hark back to her early life in small-town Idaho. She also wrote a trilogy of Idaho-based adult novels as well as a nonfiction reminiscence. One of the novels, Buffalo Coat (1944), includes a character loosely based on her murdered Grandfather Watkins.
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Caddie Woodlawn
Chronicles the adventures of eleven-year-old Caddie growing up with her six brothers and sisters on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.Carol Ryrie Brink
The pink motel
Caddie Woodlawn's Family
Fourteen tales relate the further adventures of ten-year-old Caddie and her six siblings living on the Wisconsin frontier in the 1860s.Baby Island
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Carol Ryrie Brink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carol Ryrie Brink (December 28, 1895 Moscow, Idaho - August 15, 1981 La Jolla, California) was an American author of over thirty juvenile and adult books. ...
USM de Grummond Collection - CAROL RYRIE BRINK PAPERS
Material received from Carol Ryrie Brink during 1972 and 1973. ... Soon thereafter she married Raymond Brink, a mathematician at the University of Minnesota. ...
Carol Ryrie Brink | LibraryThing
Works by Carol Ryrie Brink: Caddie Woodlawn, Baby Island, Magical Melons : More Stories About Caddie Woodlawn, The Pink Motel, Irma's Big Lie, Two ...
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Carol Ryrie Brink, born and raised in Idaho, is one of the many authors forming the history of Idaho. ... Carol Ryrie Brink is one of the best-known and most distinguished ...
Carol Ryrie Brink (Author of Caddie Woodlawn)
About Carol Ryrie Brink: Born Caroline Ryrie, American author of over 30 juvenile and adult books. Her novel Caddie Woodlawn won the 1936 Newbery Medal.Brin...