• Source: Mary Hays Weik

Mary Hays Weik (1898–1979) was an American children's book author and activist for world government.
Weik was born on December 18, 1898, in Greencastle, Indiana, daughter of the biographer Jesse W. Weik. She was the author of The Jazz Man, which received a Newbery Honor in 1967. Her daughter was the author and illustrator Ann Grifalconi.
She wrote booklets for the American Federation of World Citizens and the Committee to End Radiological Hazards.
Weik died on December 25, 1979, in Manhattan, New York. Her papers are held at the University of Michigan.




Works


Adventure: A Book of Verse, 1919
The House at Cherry Hill, 1938
A World Set Free, 1954
Shadow over America, 1962
The Jazz Man, 1966
The Scarlet Thread: A Group of One Act Plays for Young People, 1968
A House on Liberty Street, 1973




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• Mary Hays Weik
• Jesse W. Weik
• List of books set in New York City
• The Jazz Man
• Mary (name)
• Newbery Medal
• William Herndon (lawyer)
• Robert Todd Lincoln
• Ann Grifalconi
• Gettysburg Address