LeGrand Henderson

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LeGrand Henderson


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Torrington, Connecticut, The United States
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Le Grand Henderson (1901–1964), most often writing under the nom de plume "Le Grand", was a writer and illustrator of books for all ages.

Le Grand was born in 1901 in Torrington, Connecticut. He attended the Yale School of Fine Arts for four years. After graduation, he headed for New York City. He found work designing heating and ventilating equipment, switchboards for submarines, and window and interior displays for Macy's and Bloomingdale's.

He soon tired of living in the city. He then went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he began a yearlong journey on a houseboat down the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico. The Augustus series of books takes place along the Mississippi, based on this trip down the river.

Le Grand is best known for his fo
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Average rating: 4.25 · 134 ratings · 17 reviews · 42 distinct works
Augustus and the River

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1939 — 4 editions
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The Boy Who Wanted to Be a ...

4.75 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1951 — 3 editions
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Cats for Kansas

4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1949 — 3 editions
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Why Cowboys Sing in Texas

4.71 avg rating — 7 ratings3 editions
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Augustus Goes South

4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1940 — 4 editions
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Augustus and the Mountains

4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1941 — 5 editions
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When the Mississippi was Wild

4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1952 — 6 editions
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How space rockets began

4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1960
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Tom Benn and Blackbeard, th...

4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1954
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Cap'n Dow and the hole in t...

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1946
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