Benedict Freedman (1919–2012)
Auteur de Mrs. Mike: The Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan
A propos de l'auteur
Benedict Freedman was born in New York City on December 19, 1919. He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at the age of 13. He was studying math at Columbia University, but left at the age of 16 to help support his family after his father died. He became a writer for radio stars like Al afficher plus Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Skelton and later wrote for television shows including My Favorite Martian and Mr. Skelton's comedy-variety hour. During World War II, he used his mathematics training to secure a job as a stress tester with Hughes Aircraft and worked on the Spruce Goose. He wrote numerous books with his wife Nancy Freedman. Their first novel, Mrs. Mike, was published in 1947. In 1949, it was adapted into a film starring Dick Powell and Evelyn Keyes. Their other works include The Spark and the Exodus, The Search for Joyful, and Kathy Little Bird. He went back to college and received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught math for many years at Occidental College, in Los Angeles. He died on February 24, 2012 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Benedict Freedman
Kathy Little Bird: A Mrs. Mike Novel 2 exemplaires
The spark and the exodus 1 exemplaire
Lille Fru Mig 1 exemplaire
Lootville 1 exemplaire
Mrs. Mike, Roman 1 exemplaire
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- Nom canonique
- Freedman, Benedict
- Date de naissance
- 1919-12-19
- Date de décès
- 2012-02-24
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- New York, New York, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Corte Madera, California, USA
- Études
- Columbia University
Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute
University of California, Los Angeles (BS - Mathematics, PhD - Mathematics) - Professions
- radio scriptwriter
mathematician
aerospace engineer
professor - Relations
- Freedman, Nancy (wife)
Freedman, David (father)
Shapiro, Johanna, Ph.D. (daughter)
Freedman, Michael H. (son) - Organisations
- Curtiss-Wright
Occidental College
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Found: Juvenile book à Name that Book (Avril 2022)
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Mrs. Mike par Benedict Freedman
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Here's what I wrote about this read in 2008: "Sequel to Mrs. Mike, written 50+ years after the first. Good, simple, heartwarming tale continues. NOTE: Critics were harsh on this one!"
Here's what I wrote about this read in 2008: "Good, simple, heartwarming tale of early settlers / pioneers in the Canadian wilderness. Sargent Mike Flannigan; now he was a man to love. Written in ~1940's, with modern sequels subsequently read."
This was recommended to me because I liked [a:Bess Streeter Aldrich|87735|Bess Streeter Aldrich|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1238917856p2/87735.jpg]. It doesn't have the same quality as hers, the characters don't step off the page, the community doesn't live. I think it's meant to chronicle personal growth but, while it does a good job imagining struggle, it doesn't capture it as well as, say [a:C S Lewis|18307282|C S Lewis|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. The best way to describe it would to be to say that it is the Canadian version of [b:Christy|35879889|Christy|Catherine Marshall|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507060335s/35879889.jpg|3158544].
It was also sold to me (by someone who was very unclear) as a non-fiction memoir. I would say that there was little evidence of mountains of research so, to be safe, I'd call it a historical fiction.… (plus d'informations)
It was also sold to me (by someone who was very unclear) as a non-fiction memoir. I would say that there was little evidence of mountains of research so, to be safe, I'd call it a historical fiction.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 1,711
- Popularité
- #15,004
- Évaluation
- 4.1
- Critiques
- 49
- ISBN
- 45
- Langues
- 1