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May 10, 2019 · May 10, 2019. The Magic of Children's Book Author Clifford B. Hicks (1920-2010) Joseph D'Agnese. Remembrances. When I was a kid, I was obsessed with the books of a children’s book author named Clifford B. Hicks. Among other books, he wrote a series of books about a kid named Alvin Fernald, who was sort of the MacGyver of the kid world.
Clifford B. Hicks was born on 10 August 1920 in Iowa, USA. He was a writer, known for The Magical World of Disney (1954), The Whiz Kid and the Carnival Caper (1976) and The Whiz Kid and the Mystery at Riverton (1974). He was married to Rachel D. Reimar. He died on 29 September 2010 in North Carolina, USA.
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Clifford B. Hicks has 32 books on Goodreads with 2083 ratings. Clifford B. Hicks’s most popular book is Taking Sides.
CLIFFORD B. HICKS was born and raised in a town in Iowa much like Riverton, the scene of Alvin’s Secret Code and The Marvelous Inventions of Alvin Fernald. He began writing professionally during his high-school years, when he was a correspondent for the Des Moines Register and Tribune .
Sep 29, 2010 · Clifford B. Hicks, Laura Hartman. 4.07 avg rating — 965 ratings. Topics Mentioning This Author. More… About Clifford B. Hicks: Hicks was born in Marshalltown, Iowa in 1920. He graduated cum laude from Northwestern University, then served as a U.S. Marine ...
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Book 4. Alvin Fernald, Mayor for a Day. by Clifford B. Hicks. 3.89 · 81 Ratings · 6 Reviews · 12 editions. An eleven-year-old boy wins the opportunity to be … Want to Read. Rate it: Book 5. Alvin Fernald, Superweasel. by Clifford B. Hicks. 4.04 · 116 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1974 · 8 editions.
Hicks, Clifford B. Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author. (1920-2010) US author of novels, almost exclusively for children, including the Alvin Fernald series for younger readers; of sf interest is First Boy on the Moon ( 1959 ), whose two protagonists (with their frog) go to the Moon, inspiringly. [JC]
