Eva_Roe_Gaggin

Eva Roe Gaggin

Eva Roe Gaggin

American writer

Eva Roe Gaggin (January 9, 1879 – May 7, 1966), also known as E. R. Gaggin, was an American children's book author. She won a Newbery Honor in 1942 for her book, Down Ryton Water.

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Life

Gaggin was born as Mary Eva Gourley on January 9, 1879, in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Her name was legally changed to Mary Eva Gourley Roe on March 18, 1890, when she was adopted by Syracuse University mathematics professor Edward Drake Roe, Jr.[1][2]

She grew up in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and began to write at a young age. Her first story won a prize from a Boston newspaper when she was 8 years old.[3] In 1905, she graduated from Syracuse University with a Bachelor of Philosophy.[1] She married Edwin Hall Gaggin, an architect, on January 11, 1911.[4][1] She had a child, named John Bridge Gaggin, that died on the day of his birth on July 23, 1919.[1]

In 1939, The Viking Press published her book An Ear for Uncle Emil, which was about a Swiss girl and her doll.[5] Kate Seredy illustrated 83 drawings for the book.[3] In 1941, Viking Press published her book Down Ryton Water about Pilgrims from the Mayflower ship.[6][7] The book contained drawings by Elmer Hader.[8] Gaggin's book Down Ryton Water was awarded a Newbery Honor in 1942.[9]

Gaggin died on May 7, 1966, at her home.[10]

Works

  • Jolly Animals (c. 1930)[11]
  • An Ear for Uncle Emil (1939), illustrated by Kate Seredy[12]
  • Down Ryton Water (1941)[6]
  • All Those Buckles (c. 1945), illustrated by Mildred Cloete[13][14]

References

  1. [1]
    Bridge, William Dawson, ed. (1924). Genealogy of the John Bridge Family in America, 1632-1924. The Murray Printing Company. pp. 182–184.
  2. [2]
    List of Persons Whose Names Have Been Changed in Massachusetts. 1780-1883. Boston: Wright and Potter Printing Company. 1893. p. 294.
  3. [3]
    "Book Reviews: An Ear for Uncle Emil". Sunday Call-Chronicle. June 11, 1939. p. 10. Retrieved June 18, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. [4]
    "Services Tomorrow For Edwin Hall Gaggin". Syracuse Post Standard. April 21, 1959. Retrieved September 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. [5]
    "Books on Parade: Charm". The Brooklyn Citizen. May 5, 1939. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. [6]
    "Ages 12-Up". Lincoln Sunday Journal and Star. November 20, 1955. p. 6-D. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  7. [7]
    Wood, Eleanor (February 7, 1942). "Tale of the Pilgrims". The Gazette. p. 9. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  8. [8]
    "The Pilgrims; DOWN RYTON WATER. By E.R. Gaggin. Drawings by Elmer Hader. 369 pp. New York: The Viking Press. $2". The New York Times. January 18, 1942. p. BR10. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  9. [9]
    "Newbery Medal and Honor Books, 1922-Present". Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC). November 30, 1999. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  10. [10]
    "Mrs. Gaggin Succumbs; Was Author". The Post-Standard. May 9, 1966. p. 11. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  11. [11]
    "Children's Book Week November 16th to 22nd". Oakland Tribune. November 16, 1930. p. 10. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  12. [12]
    Markey, Lois R. (1952). "Kate Seredy's World". Elementary English. 29 (8): 452. ISSN 0013-5968. JSTOR 41383990. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  13. [13]
    Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1972: January-June. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. 1974. p. 1704.
  14. [14]
    "Peabody Bimonthly Booknotes". Peabody Journal of Education. 23 (2). JSTOR: 118. 1945. ISSN 0161-956X. JSTOR 1489654.
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