Eric Philbrook Kelly

The American Scholar, professor of English at Dartmouth College. Books for children were your domain. From “The Trumpeter of Krakow” I learnt the second part of the legend. “The Golden Star of Halicz”, has ancient story of Galicia. In Mexico you helped the refugees, while working for the U. S. State department. They were descendants of victorious people, later abandoned by their allies. You traveled through the foreign countries, observing people’s fates and faiths. Learning their history, you produced the literary gems.