Carleton Mabee (1914–2014)
Forfatter af The American Leonardo: A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse
Om forfatteren
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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Værker af Carleton Mabee
Bridging the Hudson: The Poughkeepsie Railroad Bridge & Its Connecting Rail Lines (2001) 12 eksemplarer
Listen to the Whistle: An Anecdotal History of the Wallkill Valley Railroad in Ulster and Orange Counties, New York (1995) 10 eksemplarer
Promised Land: Father Divine's Interracial Communities in Ulster County, New York (2008) 5 eksemplarer
The seaway story 3 eksemplarer
Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Mabee, Carleton
- Fødselsdato
- 1914-12-25
- Dødsdag
- 2014-12-18
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Shanghai, China
- Dødssted
- Gardiner, New York, USA
- Bopæl
- Gardiner, New York, USA
Battle Creek, Michigan, USA
Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, USA - Uddannelse
- Columbia University (PhD - History)
Bates College - Erhverv
- professor emeritus
biographer
non-fiction author - Organisationer
- State University of New York, New Paltz
Olivet College
Clarkson College of Technology
Delta College
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography (1944)
Medlemmer
Anmeldelser
4371. The American Leonardo A Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, by Carleton Mabee (read 14 Oct 2007) (Pulitzer Biography prize for 1944) This won the Pulitzer for biography for 1944, and so I have read it, since I am half-heartedly trying to read those winners. It is a workman-like study of Morse, who is not a totally admirable person, being eager for self-glorification and a "nativist" and at times a candidate of the Know Nothing Party. But if you want to know more about Morse, this is a good book to read.… (mere)
Lister
Hæderspriser
Statistikker
- Værker
- 8
- Medlemmer
- 98
- Popularitet
- #193,038
- Vurdering
- 3.7
- Anmeldelser
- 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.