Albert Marrin
Forfatter af Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy
Om forfatteren
Albert Marrin, professor emeritus of history at Yeshiva University in New York City
Image credit: Albert Marrin (right) at the 2008 National Humanities Medal award ceremony. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
Værker af Albert Marrin
Thomas Paine: Crusader for Liberty: How One Man's Ideas Helped Form a New Nation (2014) 54 eksemplarer
War Clouds in the West: Indians and Cavalrymen 1860-1890 (War Clouds in West Indians CL Nrf) (1984) 14 eksemplarer
Cowboys, Indians, and Gunfighters 2 eksemplarer
Thomas Paine: Crusader for Liberty 1 eksemplar
The Speaking Sir Francis Drake and His Time 1 eksemplar
Oh, Rats! The Story of Rats and People 1 eksemplar
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Satte nøgleord på
Almen Viden
- Fødselsdato
- 1936-07-24
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bopæl
- New York, New York, USA
Riverdale, New York, USA - Uddannelse
- Yeshiva University
Columbia University
City College of New York - Erhverv
- historian
professor - Organisationer
- Yeshiva University (Chairman of History Department)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- National Humanities Medal (2008)
Washington Children's Book Guild and Washington Post Non-Fiction Award (Lifetime contribution) - Agent
- Wendy Schmalz
- Kort biografi
- From Prof. Marrin's website: Years ago, I taught social studies for nine years in a junior high school in the East Bronx in New York City. On some days, when the class was restless, I would declare "story time," and tell adventure stories from history, such as Custer’s "last stand" and Sir Henry Morgan the buccaneer.
After graduate school, I became a college teacher. Professors are supposed to "publish or perish," write books and articles to gain promotion and tenure. I had no intention of perishing. I wrote four scholarly books, all well received in the profession. That was nice, and I was pleased. But I was not thrilled. I wanted to reach a larger audience, not as a scholar but as a storyteller. Actually, I wanted connect what I knew as a teacher with how I felt as a storyteller. So I began to write history for younger readers. I tried to write in the most interesting way I could, all the while remaining true to the facts. It worked. So far I have written more than forty books for young readers. Though now retired from teaching, I spend much of my time reading, listening to music – and especially writing more books.
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- Medlemmer
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- Popularitet
- #5,648
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- 4.0
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- 106
- ISBN
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- 2
But, wow. This was so interesting, and I have a better understanding of rats. Will I still be horrified if I ever come across a wild rat? Absolutely. Will I ever be open to eating a rat? Nope.
But I can appreciate them a little bit more than I did before I read this book.
Not to mention, the art is beautifully haunting.