Calico Bush still stands out as a near-perfect re-creation of people and place in a story of courage, understated and beautiful." įield married Arthur S. Īccording to Ruth Hill Viguers, Field was "fifteen when she first visited Maine and fell under the spell of its 'island-scattered coast'. She was educated at Radcliffe College where she studied writing under George Pierce Baker. Her first published work was an essay entitled "A Winter Walk" printed in St. She grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Field also won a National Book Award, Newbery Honor award and two of her books are on the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award list.įield was a descendant of David Dudley Field, the early New England clergyman and writer. She is best known for the Newbery Award–winning Hitty, Her First Hundred Years. Rachel Lyman Field (Septem– March 15, 1942) was an American novelist, poet, and children's fiction writer.
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