Ferris, Jeri Chase
FERRIS, Jeri Chase
FERRIS, Jeri Chase. American, b. 1937. Genres: Children's non-fiction, Biography. Career: Worked as a secretary; Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA, teacher, 1967-93; writer. Publications: Go Free or Die: A Story about Harriet Tubman, 1988; Walking the Road to Freedom: A Story about Sojourner Truth, 1988; What Are You Figuring Now?: A Story about Benjamin Banneker, 1988; What Do You Mean?: A Story about Noah Webster, 1988; Arctic Explorer: The Story of Matthew Henson, 1989; Native American Doctor: The Story of Susan LaFlesche Picotte, 1991; What I Had Was Singing: The Story of Marian Anderson, 1994. Address: c/o Lerner Publications, 241 First Ave. North, Minneapolis, MN 55401, U.S.A.
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DIED: 1916, Beaumont-Hamel, France
NATIONALITY: French
GENRE: Fiction
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