John Beecroft (1902–1966)
Auteur de A Treasury of Great Mysteries, Volumes 1-2
A propos de l'auteur
Crédit image: John Beecroft at his desk at Doubleday
Séries
Œuvres de John Beecroft
A companion to the altar 2 exemplaires
Kipling A Collection of His Stories and Poems 1 exemplaire
Wings 1 exemplaire
Wings: The Literary Guild Magazine 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems [Complete] (1956) — Editor & Introduction — 544 exemplaires
Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems, Volume I (1892) — Editor & Introduction — 421 exemplaires
Kipling: A Selection of His Stories and Poems, Volume II (1900) — Editor & Introduction — 377 exemplaires
The gentleman from Indianapolis; a treasury of Booth Tarkington (1957) — Directeur de publication; Directeur de publication — 114 exemplaires
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Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Beecroft, John William Richard
- Autres noms
- Beecroft, John W.
- Date de naissance
- 1902-06-22
- Date de décès
- 1966-09-21
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Superior, Wisconsin, USA
- Études
- Wisconsin Normal School
Columbia University - Professions
- editor
- Organisations
- Crowell Publishing Company
Literary Guild
Paramount Newsreel
Book League of America
Doubleday Dollar Book Club
Family Reading Club (tout afficher 9)
Mystery Guild
University Club
American Council of Books in Wartime - Courte biographie
- John W. Beecroft graduated from the Wisconsin Normal school at Superior in 1921. He graduated Columbia U, 1924. Beecroft first worked for Crowell Publishing Co, writing reader's guides to Eliot's Five Foot Shelf of Books. He was hired at the Literary Guild (founded 1927), where he first began as editor of Wings, the monthly bulletin of the book club. He left the Guild briefly during the depression, working for Paramount Newsreel. Beecroft rejoined the Literary Guild in 1937 as Editor in Chief, a position he retained until his retirement in 1962. He selected such best sellers as A Tree Grows in Brooklyn and To Kill a Mockingbird. Beecroft's first choice at the Literary Guild was Liam O'Flaherty's Famine.
John Beecroft married Melinda Pollen Schmidt in 1940. He was a member of the University Club in New York. He served on the American Council of Books in Wartime with Virginia Kirkus, Amy Loveman, Donald Gordon, Francis Ludlow, Meridith Wood and WW Norton, and acted as American judge of the international committee, All-Nations Prize Novel Competition, 1938-1939.
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 30
- Aussi par
- 4
- Membres
- 1,827
- Popularité
- #14,083
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 22
- ISBN
- 9
As I recall, the other mysteries in the volume are all pretty good, especially the Peter Wimsey story, which is one of the few genuinely light-hearted Wimseys.… (plus d'informations)