Information AboutWillard Price |
| CATEGORIES ABOUT WILLARD PRICE | |
| 1887 births | |
| price, willard | |
| 1983 deaths | |
| canadian childrens writers | |
| american childrens writers | |
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__NOTOC__ Price was born in Peterborough, Ontario , and his family subsequently moved to the United States when he was four. He got his MA and Litt.D from Columbia University , going on to edit the Journal s ''Survey'' and ''World Outlook''. He travelled on many expeditions for the National Geographic Society and the American Museum Of Natural History , particularly to Japan . He documented his travels in a series of non-fiction books and used them as inspiration for his ''Adventure'' series for young readers, which were based around the exploits of teenage Zoologists Hal and Roger Hunt. Shortly before his death, in 1983, Price commented that: My aim in writing the ''Adventure'' series for young people was to lead them to read by making reading exciting and full of adventure. At the same time I want to inspire an interest in wild animals and their behavior. Judging from the letters I have received from boys and girls around the world, I believe I have helped open to them the worlds of books and natural history. Professor Laurie Barber of Waikato University has presented a case that Willard Price was spying for the United States, especially during his Japanese travels in the 1930s. {Link without Title} BIBLIOGRAPHY Youth adventure novels
Adult travel books
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