John Keats (2) (1921–2000)
Auteur de You Might As Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker
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A propos de l'auteur
John Chesswell Keats was born in Moultrie, Georgia on December 6, 1920. He attended the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania before serving in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific during World War II. In the 1950s, he worked as a copy editor and reporter for The Washington Daily afficher plus News. He taught at Syracuse University from 1974 until 1990. His first book, The Crack in the Picture Window, was published in 1956. His other books included The Insolent Chariots, The Sheepskin Psychosis, They Fought Alone, and What Ever Happened to Mom's Apple Pie: The American Food Industry and How to Cope with It. His biographies included Howard Hughes and You Might as Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker. He also wrote two quasi-autobiographical volumes entitled The New Romans: An American Experience and Of Time and an Island. He died on November 3, 2000 at the age of 79. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de John Keats
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Keats, John Chesswell
- Date de naissance
- 1921
- Date de décès
- 2000-11-03
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Moultrie, Georgia, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Kingston, Ontario, Canada
- Études
- University of Michigan
University of Pennsylvania - Professions
- journalist
freelance writer - Organisations
- US Army Air Corps (wwii)
Membres
Critiques
The insolent chariots par John Keats
Mr, Keats is not as in love with the automobile as are some of his contemporaries. The one-liners are deliciously nasty, and beneath the bravado, he has a word of caution about the complete love affair of the American with its vehicle. A re-issue of this book might well find a broad audience in the world of 2020.
Interesting life of the witty poet Dorothy Parker, whom I much admire in my youth when this book came out. The last part of the life is very sad, however.
When the Japanese conquered the Philippines in 1942, most American soldiers surrendered. However, a few did not. They fled into the jungle and mountains living with the locals and in many cases battling the Japanese any way they could. One of these men, organized some of these Americans plus 1000's of Filipinos into a fighting force that tied down 1000's of Japanese soldiers. That man was Wendell Fertig and this is his story.
This is the story of Col. Wendell Fertig, a mining engineer who chose to take his chances in the jungle in 1942 on the Japanese-occupied island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It's the story of how Fertig not only survived but also thrived and led his men for three years behind enemy lines. Fertig and a handful of Americans led thousands of Filipinos in a war against the Japanese, making bullets out of curtain rods and telegraph wire from iron fence. Fertig's homemade communications system was MacArthur's eyes and ears in the Philippines. When the Americans finally returned to Mindanao, they found Fertig in control of one of the world's largest islands, commanding an army of 35,000, and at the head of a civil government with its own post office, law courts, currency, factories, and hospital.
Wendell Fertig was my grandmother's first-cousin. He's my genealogical "claim to fame." Seriously, I remember meeting him when this book came out. He was an impressive, commanding presence--you didn't forget meeting Wendell Fertig.… (plus d'informations)
Wendell Fertig was my grandmother's first-cousin. He's my genealogical "claim to fame." Seriously, I remember meeting him when this book came out. He was an impressive, commanding presence--you didn't forget meeting Wendell Fertig.… (plus d'informations)
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 14
- Membres
- 518
- Popularité
- #47,945
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 546
- Langues
- 17