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Nov 18, 2009
Real Name
Alvin Robert Cunningham
About My Library
My library includes the ten children's books that I have authored.
About Me
My name is Alvin Robert Cunningham, and I am a retired educator of 34 years. I taught American History at Henry High School in Henry, Illinois and Social Studies in the Ottawa Elementary Schools in Ottawa, Illinois. About ten years before retiring, I started pursuing my dream of becoming a children's book author. After many rejections and much perserverance, I managed to secure some royalty contracts for my work with some smaller publishers.

Now, I am currently writing historical fiction/nonfiction, student-edition books for reading programs for educational publishers that are marketed to schools throughout the United States. They are also sold to online bookstores and shopping centers. With my books, I feel that children are able to identify with the young, main characters and learn about important events in American history at the same time.

Over the years, I've enjoyed my many booksignings and author presentations for schools and community groups in the Streator/Ottawa, Illinois area.
Location
Streator, Illinois, USA
Homepage
http://www.jacketflap.com/profile.asp?member=Mort
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