Carleton Mabee (1914–2014)
Auteur de The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
A propos de l'auteur
Fred Carleton Mabee Jr. was born on December 25, 1914 to Baptist missionary teachers in the French concession of Shanghai. He attended Bates College as an undergraduate then enrolled at Columbia University, where he wrote a dissertation that became his biography of Samuel Morse. His first book, The afficher plus American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, won the Pulitzer Prize. Since he was a conscientious objector in World War II, he did civilian public service as an attendant in a mental hospital. After the war, he spent time in Vienna as a relief worker with the American Friends Service Committee. He taught at many universities during his lifetime including Olivet College, Clarkson University, Delta College, and Keio University. He taught at the State University of New York at New Paltz from 1965 until his retirement in 1980. His other books include The Seaway Story, Sojourner Truth: Slave, Prophet, Legend, and Promised Land: Father Divine's Interracial Communities in Ulster County, New York. He also wrote books about the railroads of the Hudson Valley of New York State. He died from complications of a fall on December 18, 2014 at the age of 99. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Œuvres de Carleton Mabee
Bridging the Hudson: The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge & Its Connecting Rail Lines (2001) 12 exemplaires
Listen to the Whistle: An Anecdotal History of the Wallkill Valley Railroad in Ulster and Orange Counties, New York (1995) 10 exemplaires
Promised Land: Father Divine's Interracial Communities in Ulster County, New York (2008) 5 exemplaires
The seaway story 3 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Mabee, Carleton
- Date de naissance
- 1914-12-25
- Date de décès
- 2014-12-18
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Shanghai, China
- Lieu du décès
- Gardiner, New York, USA
- Lieux de résidence
- Gardiner, New York, USA
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, USA - Études
- Columbia University (PhD - History)
Bates College - Professions
- professor emeritus
biographer
non-fiction author - Organisations
- State University of New York, New Paltz
Olivet College
Clarkson College of Technology
Delta College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Prix et distinctions
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1944)
Membres
Critiques
Listes
Prix et récompenses
Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 8
- Membres
- 98
- Popularité
- #193,038
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 15
Also cites the book "Men of mark; eminent, progressive and rising" (1968) [WorldCat.org] worldcat.org
portrait of Leonard Grimes -endured condescension of even white abolitionsts... P. 53 in Harrold, 2003 "Subversives" Nov. 1841 escape from William's Slave Penn on Maryland Ave.