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title: "2 Helen Hoover Quotes - Famous Writer"
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# Helen Hoover

(1910–1983)   Writer

 **2** quotes in **3** categories

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Helen Hoover was a writer.

## Quick Facts About Helen Hoover

Born January 20, 1910

Died November 30, 1983

Profession Writer

## About Helen Hoover

American writer... \| Helen Hoover was an American nature writer who wrote four popular adult books and three books for the juvenile market in the 1960s and 1970s. She and her husband Adrian, an illustrator of her books, moved from Chicago to a remote cabin in northern Minnesota in 1954, which became the source of materi

##  Quotes by Helen Hoover

> [“The sun was just touching the western hills as we slid into the dock. Every leaf and twig stood out in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hoover/the-sun-was-just-touching-the-western-hills-as-we-slid-into-the-dock/)

[Helen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hoover/)

[Good day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/good-day/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c09/helen-hoover-91072_quote_the-sun-was-just-touching-the-western-hi_1247409.jpg)

> [“Before the blacktop came, the twisty old road beckoned only to those who loved the land and, out of that love, cherished…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helen-hoover/before-the-blacktop-came-the-twisty-old-road-beckoned-only-to-those/)

[Helen Hoover](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helen-hoover/)

[Love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9a/helen-hoover-91072_love_before-the-blacktop-came-the-twisty-old_3009646.jpg)

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