Margaret Goff Clark Explained

Margaret Goff Clark
Birth Date:	March 7, 1913
Birth Place:	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Death Place:	Santa Monica, California
Genre:	Children's literature

Margaret Goff Clark (1913–2003) was an American author of children's books. She is best known for her book Freedom Crossing.

Clark née Goff was born on March 7, 1913, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.^[1] She attended the State Teachers College at Buffalo. In 1937 she married Charles R. Clark.^[2]

Her first book was The Mystery of Seneca Hill published in 1961 by Franklin Watts.^{[3] [4]} Her book Freedom Crossing was published in 1969 by Funk & Wagnalls.^[5] It was a historical novel for children about the Underground Railroad.^{[6] [7]} In 1995 her book The Threatened Florida Black Bear was published by Cobblehill Books.^[8] That book was a recipient of a 1995 Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12 awarded by the National Science Teachers Association.^[9]

Clark died on October 6, 2003, in Santa Monica, California.^[1]

See also

• Freedom Crossing Monument

External links

• Margaret Goff Clark Papers, Special Collections at the University of Southern Mississippi (de Grummond Children's Literature Collection)

Notes and References

1. News: Margaret Goff Clark Dies at 90 . 25 September 2023 . Buffalo News . 22 October 2003 . en.
2. Web site: Goff Clark . Margaret . Interview with Margaret Goff Clark . SUNY Buffalo State Oral Histories, 1975-1995 . 25 September 2023 . 12 June 1984.
3. Web site: Clark . Margaret Goff . The Mystery of Seneca Hill . Google Books . F. Watts . 25 September 2023 . en . 1961.
4. Web site: Buell . Ellen Lewis . Juvenile Mysteries . The New York Times . 25 September 2023 . 19 February 1961.
5. The Publishers Weekly . 1970 . 197 . 25 September 2023 . F. Leypoldt . en.
6. Web site: Clark . Margaret Goff . Freedom Crossing . Google Books . Scholastic Book Services . 25 September 2023 . en . February 1989.
7. Web site: Margaret Goff Clark, A Friend of Niagara . Niagara County Historical Society . 25 September 2023.
8. Web site: Clark . Margaret Goff . The Threatened Florida Black Bear . Google Books . Cobblehill Books . 25 September 2023 . en . 1995.
9. Web site: Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students K–12: 1996 (Books published in 1995) . National Science Teaching Association . 26 September 2023.