Background
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge was born on June 16, 1950, in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. She is the daughter of Berndt Evald and Naomi (Harris) Nordhielm.
(Living alone in the Great Dismal Swamp, Wicked Jack is vi...)
Living alone in the Great Dismal Swamp, Wicked Jack is visited by Saint Peter and granted three wishes that he uses to trick the Devil, so that when he dies he is refused by Heaven and Hell and originates the jack-'o-lantern legend.
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1995
(A biography of the first female judge in the United State...)
A biography of the first female judge in the United States tells the remarkable tale of how, back in 1869, she fought for a women's right to vote and she believed that a woman could hold a public office.
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2001
(When pride gets the better of Strap Buckner, a man known ...)
When pride gets the better of Strap Buckner, a man known throughout Texas for his prodigious strength, he rashly challenges the devil to a contest.
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2001
(The engineer Captain John Ericsson was ahead of his time ...)
The engineer Captain John Ericsson was ahead of his time when it came to such ideas as a locomotive that could travel at 30 miles an hour and a high-pressure fire hose, but in America he found a more receptive climate for his inventions.
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2004
(This book examines the life and career of the American au...)
This book examines the life and career of the American author, Edith Wharton.
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2010
(Change. Who needs it? We do! Mr. John Slack, the keeper o...)
Change. Who needs it? We do! Mr. John Slack, the keeper of a tavern beside a rutted dirt road in the early 1800s, thought things were just fine the way they were. So did Lucius Stockton, who ran the National Road Stage Company in the mid 1800s. So too, did the owners of the railroads when the first model T appeared in 1908. Yet with each new innovation, Americans were able to move around the country more quickly, efficiently, and comfortably. Connie Wooldridge offers an informative, yet light-hearted look at how the dirt roads of the early 1800s evolved into the present-day U.S. highway system. Richard Walz's gorgeous paintings capture both the broad sweep and the individual impact of change and progress. Change. Who needs it? We do! Mr. John Slack, the keeper of a tavern beside a rutted dirt road in the early 1800s, thought things were just fine the way they were. So did Lucius Stockton, who ran the National Road Stage Company in the mid 1800s. So too, did the owners of the railroads when the first model T appeared in 1908. Yet with each new innovation, Americans were able to move around the country more quickly, efficiently, and comfortably. Connie Wooldridge offers an informative, yet light-hearted look at how the dirt roads of the early 1800s evolved into the present-day U.S. highway system. Richard Walz's gorgeous paintings capture both the broad sweep and the individual impact of change and progress.
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2011
Connie Nordhielm Wooldridge was born on June 16, 1950, in Asheville, North Carolina, United States. She is the daughter of Berndt Evald and Naomi (Harris) Nordhielm.
Wooldridge graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1972. She then received a master's degree in education and library science from the University of Chicago in 1977.
Wooldridge started her career as a flight attendant for American Airlines in 1972. However, the next year, she went to Seoul Foreign School in Seoul, Korea, where she held the position of the first-grade teacher for two years. In 1977, she returned to the United States and worked briefly as a school librarian at Sieden Prairie Elementary School in Matteson.
From 1978, Wooldridge works as a full-time writer, living in Richmond, Indiana. She also serves on the Richmond Symphony Orchestra Board, the Every Child Can Read Board, and volunteers for Communities in Schools.
Connie Wooldridge is best known as the author of five picture books and a young adult biography, including The Brave Escape of Edith Wharton (2010), Just Fine The Way They Are (2011), Thank You Very Much, Captain Ericsson! (2005), When Esther Morris Headed West (2001), The Legend of Strap Buckner (2001) and Wicked Jack (1995).
(The engineer Captain John Ericsson was ahead of his time ...)
2004(Living alone in the Great Dismal Swamp, Wicked Jack is vi...)
1995(A biography of the first female judge in the United State...)
2001(When pride gets the better of Strap Buckner, a man known ...)
2001(This book examines the life and career of the American au...)
2010(Change. Who needs it? We do! Mr. John Slack, the keeper o...)
2011Wooldridge married Carl Wooldridge on July 23, 1977. The couple has 4 children: Christina, Scott, Sean and Eric.
