Elizabeth Armstrong Hall
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PublicationsArticles"The Giant in the Forest" Highlights for Children, September 2009 The making of the "Giant's Head" at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, Cornwall, U.K. "When Fido Has to Fly" Boston Globe, November 23, 2008 How two Airedales flew from Chicago to London without a hitch "An American Driver on British Roads" Christian Science Monitor, November 7, 2008 By the time I master the roundabouts, it will be time to return to the U.S. “Home Sweet Catalogue Home”
St. Louis Magazine, September 2006 From the 1910s through World War II, catalogue homes from Sears, Roebuck & Co., Montgomery Ward and their long-gone competitors Aladdin, Gordon-Van Time and Harris Bros., opened the door to suburban homeownership for millions of Americans. Today, most current catalogue home owners aren't even aware of their houses' vintage origins. “Max Hess, Jr. Puts Allentown, PA on the Map”
Pennsylvania Heritage, Fall 2004 A half century ago, Hess's department store turned Allentown, PA into a shopping and entertainment magnet with cutting-edge glamour, bigger-than-life events and 10-inch-high strawberry pie. This story shows how Hess's evolved from a place to shop into a community icon. “Schools of Thought: How a St. Louis Architect Revolutionized American Public Schools”
St. Louis Magazine, May 2005 When the St. Louis school board hired William B. Ittner as its first commissioner of school buildings in 1897, the shape of America’s public schools would be changed forever. Ittner was the first to bring light, air and beauty into school buildings to create an environment that promised to nurture as well as educate children. “Dodging Bullets”
Cobblestone, November 2005 The story of seven Civil War-era families caught in the cross fires of the first and second battles of Manassas. These harrowing tales of civilian life and death, of lives turned upside down on a major battleground. give kids a chance to learn about the war on a deeper human level. “Flood Alert!” & "Flood Busters"
AppleSeeds, April 2005 These two stories describe the great Mississippi River floods of 1927 and 1993 and how human efforts to shape the river can lead to disaster and destruction. Books
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