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From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White
From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White
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He won two Pulitzer prizes, he received honorary degrees from Harvard and seven other universities, he advised presidents and he was acclaimed by Life magazine as ""an American institution.""
Yet for William Allen White, home was always Emporia, Kansas, and his primary role was editor of the Emporia Gazette. In a half-century on the job, his engaging and perceptive writing brought the world to small-town Kansas and small-town Kansas to the world.
Author Beverley Olson Buller is an educator, a lifelong Kansan and a member of the selection committee for the William Allen White Children's Book Award. She tells White's story in a richly illustrated biography for young readers, From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White.
Yet for William Allen White, home was always Emporia, Kansas, and his primary role was editor of the Emporia Gazette. In a half-century on the job, his engaging and perceptive writing brought the world to small-town Kansas and small-town Kansas to the world.
Author Beverley Olson Buller is an educator, a lifelong Kansan and a member of the selection committee for the William Allen White Children's Book Award. She tells White's story in a richly illustrated biography for young readers, From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White.
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