Katharine Scherman

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Katharine Scherman Rosin (b. October 7, 1915, New York) is an American author of non-fiction. She is the daughter of Harry and Bernardine (Kielty) Scherman. She married Axel G. Rosin on April 10th, 1943. She has two children, Karen and Susanna. She received a B.A from Swarthmore College in 1938. Her interests include ornithology, mountain climbing, reading and music (she plays piano and cello).

After graduating from college Scherman worked as a secretary for the Sunday Review of Literature in New York City from 1940-41, while also working as an editor for J. B. Lippincott Company during the same period. From 1941 to 1944 she worked at Life as a researcher and writer. From 1944 to 1949 she was a writer and editor at Book-of-the-Month Club, during which time she married Axel Rosin who was also working there.

She has authored ten books, the first book in 1954 and the most recent in 1987.

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  • The Slave Who Freed Haiti: The Story of Toussaint Louverture (juvenile), 1954. An account of Toussaint Louverture.
  • Spring on an Arctic Island. 1956. Travel literature about a research trip to Bylot Island in 1954.
  • Catherine the Great (juvenile). 1957. About Catherine the Great.
  • The Sword of Siegfried (juvenile). 1959.
  • William Tell (juvenile). 1961.
  • The Long White Night. 1964.
  • Two Islands: Grand Manan and Sanibel. 1971. Travel literature.
  • Daughter of Fire: A Portrait of Iceland. 1976. Travel literature.
  • The Flowering of Ireland. 1981. History of Ireland 5th to 12th centuries.
  • The Birth of France: Warriors, Bishops, and Long-Haired Kings. 1987. A history of French kings pre-Carolingian.

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  • Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2006 [1]