Butterworth was an author of four beloved children's books, the last of which published posthumously. Three of his books took place in the New England area of the United States in which he was born and raised. His most popular book was The Enormous Egg, the fanciful story of farmboy Nate Twitchell who raises a dinosaur (a triceratops named "Uncle Beazley") that hatches from a hen's egg in 1950s New England.[1]
In 1940, he married fellow teacher and political activist Miriam Brooks and the couple had four children.[2] Butterworth died of cancer in West Hartford, aged 75.
Children's booksedit
The Enormous Egg (1956)
The Trouble with Jenny's Ear (1960)
The Narrow Passage (1973)
Orrie's Run (2002)
See alsoedit
Uncle Beazley - statue named after a dinosaur in the book The Enormous Egg
Referencesedit
^ abDaley, David (September 15, 2002). "A Connecticut Treasure". The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. p. 119. Retrieved July 22, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
^Hamilton, Anne M. (July 21, 2019). . The Hartford Courant. Hartford, Connecticut. Archived from the original on July 21, 2019. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
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