Burton, Georganne B.

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BURTON, Georganne B.

PERSONAL: Born in New York, NY; daughter of George and Anne (a homemaker; maiden name, Davies) Butler; married Orville Vernon Burton (an historian and educator); children: Joanna, Maya Burton Gouliard, Morgan Johnston, Beatrice, Carrah. Education: University of Illinois, M.A., 1971. Politics: Democrat. Religion: Baptist. Hobbies and other interests: Fishing, tennis, reading.


ADDRESSES: Home—605 West Washington, Urbana, IL 61801. E-mail—[email protected].

CAREER: Writer and community activist.


WRITINGS:

(Editor, with Orville Vernon Burton, and coauthor of introduction) "The Free Flag of Cuba": The Lost Novel of Lucy Pickens, Louisiana State University Press (Baton Rouge, LA), 2002.


WORK IN PROGRESS: Research for a novel based on an 1850 murder case.


BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

ANQ, winter, 2004, E. Irene Matthews, review of "The Free Flag of Cuba": The Lost Novel of Lucy Pickens, p. 51.

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