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Carole Estby Dagg

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Born

in The United States

Website

http://www.CaroleEstbyDagg.com

Genre

Historical Fiction, Children's, Young Adult

Member Since

August 2009

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After careers as a children's librarian, certified public accountant, and assistant library director, I retired early to do what I had always wanted to do: write. My first book, The Year We Were Famous, was based on the true story of my great-aunt's 4,000-mile walk with her mother across the country in 1896.

My second book, Sweet Home Alaska, was inspired when my son bought a 1930's house across from a potato field in Palmer, Alaska. Following my curiosity about the early days of Palmer, I eventually had a banker's box full of notes, enough for a book. ...more

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Average rating: 4.1 · 2,896 ratings · 623 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sweet Home Alaska 4.25 avg rating — 2,182 ratings — published 2016 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Year We Were Famous: Helga and Clara Estby’s Walk Across a Changing America 3.65 avg rating — 714 ratings — published 2011 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Carole’s Quotes

“And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.”
― Rick Riordan

tags: writing

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“Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.”
― Fred Rogers

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“I learned that you should feel when writing, not like Lord Byron on a mountain top, but like a child stringing beads in kindergarten - happy, absorbed and quietly putting one bead on after another. ”
― Brenda Ueland

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