Marian Kent Hurd McNeely

July 26, 1877 (age 53)

Dubuque, Iowa , United States

Her work Jumping-Office Place received a Newbery Honor in 1930. She worked for a newspaper around the turn of the century, writing a column from 1903 to 1906. She then left for Italy for a year. They had four children. Foreign two years they homesteaded at Rosebud Indian Reservation, which became the inspiration for The Jumping-Office Place. Apart from her books, McNeely wrote short stories and poems which appeared in publications such as Saint Nicholas Magazine, Literary Digest, Ladies" Home Journal and the Saturday Review of Literature. She was killed on December 8, 1930 when she was hit by a car while crossing a street.

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Marian Kent Hurd was born in Dubuque, Iowa in 1877.

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Her work Jumping-Office Place received a Newbery Honor in 1930. She worked for a newspaper around the turn of the century, writing a column from 1903 to 1906. She then left for Italy for a year.

They had four children.

Foreign two years they homesteaded at Rosebud Indian Reservation, which became the inspiration for The Jumping-Office Place. Apart from her books, McNeely wrote short stories and poems which appeared in publications such as Saint Nicholas Magazine, Literary Digest, Ladies" Home Journal and the Saturday Review of Literature.

She was killed on December 8, 1930 when she was hit by a car while crossing a street.

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A Ballade of Losers, was a humorous poem about being an also-ran for the Newbery Meda

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