Background
Cowan, Mary Morton was born on August 31, 1939 in Portland, Maine, United States. Daughter of Hugh H. and Erma Tetley Morton.
(An illustrated history of the New England forests, from c...)
An illustrated history of the New England forests, from colonial days when settlers freely used the trees for warmth and housing to today's tensions between environmentalists and the logging industry.
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Cowan, Mary Morton was born on August 31, 1939 in Portland, Maine, United States. Daughter of Hugh H. and Erma Tetley Morton.
Bachelor, Bates College, 1957—1961. Diploma, Institute Children's Literature, 1986—1987. Diploma in book writing course, Institute Children's Literature, 1988—1990.
Presenter, annual meeting Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, New England Chapter, Portland, Maine, 1999—1999. Speaker, book talk presenter school and community groups, since 1995.
(An illustrated history of the New England forests, from c...)
Leader Girl Scouts of Genesee Valley, Rochester, New York, 1972—1986, trainer, 1972—1986, curriculum writer, 1972—1986, member Rochester, 1983—1986, vice president, 1983—1986, executive, 1986—1988. Member of American Guild Organists, Maine Writers and Publishers Alliance, Society Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (Anna Cross Giblin Nonfiction Work-in-Progress Grant 1999), College Key Bates College.
Married Carl E. Cowan, June 17, 1961. Children: Catherine Cowan Brown, Timothy.