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'''Peggy Adler''' is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] and [[illustrator]] of [[children's books]]<ref name=LOC>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=%22Peggy+Adler%22&Search_Code=GKEY%5E*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick |title=Peggy Adler search | publisher = [[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=30 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=World>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-53827 |title=Peggy Adler's Listing at worldcat.org |publisher=Worldcat.org |date= |accessdate=30 August 2011}}</ref> and investigative [[researcher]].<ref name="hartford courant">{{cite news|url=http://articles.courant.com/1992-04-14/news/0000203264_1_october-surprise-richard-brenneke-bulletproof-vest|title=Research Draws Illustrator Into 'October Surprise' Intrigue|date=14 April 1992|journal=Hartford Courant| last = Bixby | first = Lyn |accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Irving Adler]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dreamersandfighters.com/adler/inter_adler.aspx|title=Irving Adler|publisher=Dreamers and Fighters: The NYC Teacher Purges|accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> and Ruth Adler and younger sister of [[Stephen L. Adler]].
'''Peggy Adler''' is an [[United States|American]] [[author]] and [[illustrator]] of [[children's books]]<ref name=LOC>{{cite web|url=http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&Search_Arg=%22Peggy+Adler%22&Search_Code=GKEY%5E*&CNT=100&hist=1&type=quick |title=Peggy Adler search | publisher = [[Library of Congress]] |accessdate=30 August 2011}}</ref><ref name=World>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-53827 |title=Peggy Adler's Listing at worldcat.org |publisher=Worldcat.org |date= |accessdate=30 August 2011}}</ref> and investigative [[researcher]].<ref name="hartford courant">{{cite news|url=http://articles.courant.com/1992-04-14/news/0000203264_1_october-surprise-richard-brenneke-bulletproof-vest|title=Research Draws Illustrator Into 'October Surprise' Intrigue|date=14 April 1992|journal=Hartford Courant| last = Bixby | first = Lyn |accessdate=24 August 2011}}</ref> She is the daughter of [[Irving Adler]] and Ruth Adler and younger sister of [[Stephen L. Adler]].


==Early career==
==Early career==

Revision as of 15:37, 7 September 2011

Peggy Ann Adler
Born
Margaret Ann Adler

1942 (age 81–82)
New York City
Occupation(s)Author & illustrator of children's books; investigative researcher
Spouse(s)Jeremy Abbott Walsh (1962-68)
Richard Robohm (1976-93)
PartnerHarry Swaun (2006-present)

Peggy Adler is an American author and illustrator of children's books[1][2] and investigative researcher.[3] She is the daughter of Irving Adler and Ruth Adler and younger sister of Stephen L. Adler.

Early career

"Lioness & Her Cubs", "Geography Puzzles", written & illustrated by Peggy Adler.
"Hedgehogs Sledding", "Metric Puzzles", written & illustrated by Peggy Adler

Adler began her professional career as an illustrator in 1958, at the age of sixteen, when she was co-illustrator of her father's book Weather In Your Life.[4] That same year, she was the sole illustrator of Hot and Cold.[5][6] She later illustrated the children's book Numbers Old and New[7][8], as well as authoring and illustrating The Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles;[9][10] and The Second Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles.[11]

Authorship

Book Cover, "Sets and Numbers for the Very Young" Illustrations and Book Cover by Peggy Adler, 1969

In September 1969 Adler coordinated the world premiere of "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" for 20th Century Fox and handled the ticket sales and management of the premiere for Yale University. At that same time, and for years to come, she continued illustrating, with work published by the John Day Company;[12][13][14][15] Little, Brown & Company;[16] the Journal of Theoretical Biology; Journal of Algebra; National Council of Teachers of Mathematics; the Bronx Zoo; and the Humane Society of the United States. In the mid-1970s Adler returned to writing, as well as illustrating, when Franklin Watts published her book, Metric Puzzles[10][17] (1977), followed shortly thereafter by Math Puzzles[10][18] (1978) and Geography Puzzles [19] (1979). In 1976 Adler remarried and for a brief time, in the early 1990s, worked under the name of Peggy Adler Robohm. [20][21]

Investigations

In 1990, she began a decade of work under the license of a Private Investigator, doing research and document retrieval at town halls and court houses in Connecticut, for civil and criminal cases for the defense.

In 1991, she was retained by self proclaimed arms dealer and money launderer, Richard Brenneke, to co-author his autobiography. Discovering that he was a con artist who was drawing her into literary fraud, she contacted former CIA agent-turned-journalist, Frank Snepp, and with him, exposed Brenneke and subsequently proved that the October Surprise conspiracy[22] was a hoax, as chronicled in the series of articles Snepp wrote for the Village Voice[22] with Adler's research assistance. Her work was the subject of a a chapter in Robert Parry's book, "Trick or Treason: The October Surprise Mystery" and she was interviewed by PBS' "Frontline" [23] In mid-1992, learning that a Congressional Task Force was investigating whether or not there actually had been an October Surprise, she contacted investigative journalist and author Steven Emerson,[24] who put her in touch with the Task Force so that she could turn over to them the seventy cartons of documents she'd hauled east from Brenneke’s home in Portland, Oregon, in order to write his memoirs. Subsequently, she worked as a consultant to the Task Force,[25] and assisted in drafting and editing a portion of the Brenneke section of their final report. Following a divorce in the mid 1990s, Adler dropped the Robohm and resumed the use of her maiden name.

In 2000 and 2001, she was the researcher for journalist and author Ron Rosenbaum's articles about Yale's fabled Skull and Bones, which were published in "The New York Observer".[26][27]

Community involvement

Adler is active in local affairs in the town where she lives.[28] She is currently a Police Commissioner[29][30] in Clinton, Connecticut, having been elected to that position in 2005. There, she has also served on the Design Review Board,[31] Historic District Commission,[32] and Charter Revision Commission.[33]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Peggy Adler search". Library of Congress. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Peggy Adler's Listing at worldcat.org". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
  3. ^ Bixby, Lyn (14 April 1992). "Research Draws Illustrator Into 'October Surprise' Intrigue". Hartford Courant. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Library of Congress - Weather In Your Life". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  5. ^ "Library of Congress - Hot and Cold". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  6. ^ ""Hot and Cold"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  7. ^ ""Numbers Old and New"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  8. ^ http://lccn.loc.gov/63008553
  9. ^ ""The Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  10. ^ a b c Document declaring Peggy Adler as sole author filed @ the Library of Congress
  11. ^ "The Second Adler Book of Puzzles & Riddles"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  12. ^ ""Food"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  13. ^ ""The Environment"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  14. ^ ""Petroleum: Gas,Oil & Asphalt"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  15. ^ ""Sets and Numbers for the Very Young"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  16. ^ ""Do a ZOOM Do"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  17. ^ ""Metric Puzzles"". Catalog.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  18. ^ ""Math Puzzles"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  19. ^ ""Geography Puzzles"". Lccn.loc.gov. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  20. ^ "Peggy Adler at NameBase". Namebase.org. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  21. ^ "Peggy Adler Robohm at NameBase". Namebase.org. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  22. ^ a b Snepp, Frank. "October Surmise". Congressional Record (reprinted from Village Voice (25 February 1992). Retrieved 30 August 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  23. ^ "FRONTLINE Programs -Investigating the October Surprise | FRONTLINE". PBS. 1992-04-07. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  24. ^ ""No October Surprise" by Steven Emerson". Findarticles.com. 1988-08-22. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  25. ^ Peggy Adler employed as an Assistant Investigator by the U.S. House of Representatives' October Surprise Task Force
  26. ^ Rosenbaum, Ron (1961-04-14). "''"I Stole the Head of Prescott Bush! More Scary Skull and Bones Tales"'' ("New York Observer")". Observer.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  27. ^ Rosenbaum, Ron (2000-07-17). "''"At Skull and Bones Secret Club Initiates Ream Gore"'' ("New York Observer")". Observer.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  28. ^ "Miscellaneous Reference #1". Theday.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  29. ^ "Elected Officials - Clinton, CT". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  30. ^ "Police Comission - Clinton Connecticut PD". Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  31. ^ "Clin Annual Town Report '01" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  32. ^ "Clin Annual Town Report '01" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  33. ^ "Charter Revision Commission". Clintonct.com. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  34. ^ ""AFIO 1996 Membership Directory" @ "NameBase"". Namebase.org. Retrieved 2011-08-30.
  35. ^ "General Richard G. Stilwell Chairman's Award (p.6)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-08-30.

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