Harold Sinclair of Illinois: Letters, Biography - Couverture souple

Heath, Gary

 
9781425997038: Harold Sinclair of Illinois: Letters, Biography
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1425997031 ISBN 13 : 9781425997038
Editeur : AuthorHouse, 2007

Synopsis

Harold Sinclairof Illinois(1907-1966) He wrote of Abraham Lincoln in all his greatness. He wrote of George Rogers Clark on the frontier. He wrote brilliantly about the Civil War. He wrote the best book ever about the Port of New Orleans. He wrote a unique book on the Bloomington, Illinois PANTAGRAPH. He wrote a novel on jazz in the South that jazz musicians read and enjoy. He wrote THE HORSE SOLDIERS that was made into a John Wayne movie. The May 23, 1938, NEWSWEEK acclaimed John Steinbeck, Louis Paul and Harold Sinclair as the United States' best authors. This book, by retired Illinois State University Professor, G. Louis Heath, is long overdue. It is the first on Harold Sinclair's important work and amazing life.

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Biographie de l'auteur

G. LOUIS HEATH, born Sept. 4, 1944, earned his B.A. (1966), M.A. (1967), and Ph.D. (1969) at the University of California at Berkeley. His hometown is Oroville, California, a town of about 9,000 in the Sierra Foothills, a three-hour drive northeast from Berkeley. He has published eleven books, including the Harper and Row bestseller, THE NEW TEACHER; a history of the Students for a Democratic Society, VANDALS IN THE BOMB FACTORY; a volume about the popular resistance to the Vietnam War, MUTINY DOES NOT HAPPEN LIGHTLY; a book of short stories, MESKWAKI BURIAL MOUNDS AND OTHER STORIES FROM QUINLAN, IOWA (2001); and, a co-authored novel, GIFTS FROM DECORAH LAURAH (2006), a page-turner mystery that revolves around a plan by President Abraham Lincoln to prevent the 1862 Sioux Uprising in the Minnesota Territory. Dr. Heath is retired from Illinois State University. He has published two memoirs about his ISU career: REDBIRD PROF and LEAVES OF MAPLE, AN ISU PROFESSOR'S MEMOIRS OF 7 SUMMERS' TEACHING IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES, 1972-1978. He began a new career in 1988 at Ashford University, Clinton, Iowa, where he teaches sociology, criminal justice, and liberal arts courses, and has served as the Associate Dean, College of Education and Social Sciences.

Présentation de l'éditeur

Harold Sinclairof Illinois(1907-1966) He wrote of Abraham Lincoln in all his greatness. He wrote of George Rogers Clark on the frontier. He wrote brilliantly about the Civil War. He wrote the best book ever about the Port of New Orleans. He wrote a unique book on the Bloomington, Illinois PANTAGRAPH. He wrote a novel on jazz in the South that jazz musicians read and enjoy. He wrote THE HORSE SOLDIERS that was made into a John Wayne movie. The May 23, 1938, NEWSWEEK acclaimed John Steinbeck, Louis Paul and Harold Sinclair as the United States' best authors. This book, by retired Illinois State University Professor, G. Louis Heath, is long overdue. It is the first on Harold Sinclair's important work and amazing life.

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Éditeur
AuthorHouse
Date d'édition
2007
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1425997031
ISBN 13 
9781425997038
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
184
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