Island of the Blue Dolphins | About the Author
Scott O'Dell was born on May 23, 1903, in Los Angeles, California. Because his father was a railroad man, the family moved often in the Los Angeles area, living for a time in San Pedro and on Rattlesnake Island, where O'Dell acquired a feeling for the frontier and the sea. The many sea adventures he shared with his boyhood friends influenced the writing of Island of the Blue Dolphins. Elementary and high school fascinated O'Dell but college did not. He attended Occidental College, the University of Wisconsin, and Stanford University, taking only courses that interested him,...
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