WILLIS BOYD ALLEN
\wˈɪlis bˈɔ͡ɪd ˈalən], \wˈɪlis bˈɔɪd ˈalən], \w_ˈɪ_l_i_s b_ˈɔɪ_d ˈa_l_ə_n]\
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An American writer; born in Maine in 1855. Besides a collection of verse, entitled "In the Morning", he has written a large number of works for young people, among which are: "The Red Mountain of Alaska"; "Pine Cones" (1885); "Silver Rags" (1886); "Kelp" (1888); "The Mammoth Hunters".
By Charles Dudley Warner
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