He returned to Texas, where he attended San Antonio College, and later transferred to Southern Connecticut State University where he received degrees in French and history. I knew I would die if I stayed there so I diligently studied the viola, and eventually won a scholarship to the New England Conservatory in Boston." He entered the New England Conservatory of Music but injured his hand, ending his music career. Marshall said: "Beaumont is deep south and swampy and I hated it. The family later moved to Beaumont, Texas. His mother sang in the local church choir. His father worked on the railroad and had a band. James Marshall was born in 1942, in San Antonio, Texas, where he grew up on his family's 85-acre farm. professional librarians posthumously awarded him the bi-ennial Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal for "substantial and lasting contribution" to American children's literature. He illustrated books exclusively as James Marshall when he created both text and illustrations he sometimes wrote as Edward Marshall. James Edward Marshall (Octo– October 13, 1992 (October 13, 1992)) was an American illustrator and writer of children's books, probably best known for the George and Martha series of picture books (1972–1988).
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