Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
Esther Forbes

Born: June 28, 1891
Died: August 12, 1967 (aged 76)
Bio: Esther Louise Forbes was an American novelist, historian and children's writer who received the Pulitzer Prize and the Newbery Medal.
Known for:
- Johnny Tremain (1943)
- Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (1940)
- A Mirror for Witches (1928)
- America's Paul Revere (1946)
- O Genteel Lady! (1926)