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Johanna Johnston
JOHANNA JOHNSTON (February 2, 1914 - December 14, 1982) was a renowned children’s author based in the USA. She also wrote scripts for radio during the 1940’s and 50’s, including for the long-runnin...view moreJOHANNA JOHNSTON (February 2, 1914 - December 14, 1982) was a renowned children’s author based in the USA. She also wrote scripts for radio during the 1940’s and 50’s, including for the long-running children’s series Let’s Pretend, as well as children’s stories, retellings of myths and children’s history.
In addition to her numerous children’s books, she published several biographies, including “The Life, Manners and Travels of Fanny Trollope,” about the mother of the novelist Anthony Trollope, as well as “Mrs. Satan: The Incredible Saga of Victoria C. Woodhull” and “Runaway to Heaven: The Story of Harriet Beecher Stowe.”
Her children’s book titles include “The Story of Hannibal,” “The Indians and the Strangers,” “The Story of the Barber of Seville,” and “Great Gravity the Cat.”
Miss Johnston died of a stroke in New York in 1982 at the age of 68.view less