Author sterling north biography

Sterling North - Journalist, author; born on November 4, 1906 in Edgerton, Wisconsin.   He is best known for his bestselling 1963 children's novel, Rascal, a remembrance of a year in his childhood during which he raised a baby raccoon named "Rascal".

Little rascal sterling north

North was born on the second floor of a farmhouse on the shores of Lake Koshkonong, a few miles from Edgerton, Wisconsin, in 1906. Surviving a near-paralyzing struggle with polio in his teens, he grew to young adulthood in the quiet southern Wisconsin village of Edgerton, which North transformed into the "Brailsford Junction" setting of several of his books.

After graduating from Edgerton High School, he earned his way through the University of Chicago and began his writing career. He wrote for The Chicago Daily News, The New York World-Telegram and Sun, and for many magazines, including Reader's Digest, The Atlantic, Esquire, and Holiday.

One of North's first books, The Pedro Gor