The First Steamboat on the Mississippi

Born in 1904 in Koshkonong, Wisconsin, Sterling North was the author of many books for young adults and adults, including Rascal, which was a Newbery Honor book in 1964. In 1957, he became the general editor of North Star Books, publisher of biographies of American heroes for young adult readers. Sterling North also wrote biographies of Abraham show more Lincoln, Thomas Edison, Mark Twain, and Henry David Thoreau. He died in 1974. show less