Charles Caldwell Dobie (1881–1943)
Forfatter af San Francisco: A Pageant
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Værker af Charles Caldwell Dobie
The Arrested Moment and Other Stories 2 eksemplarer
San Francisco tales 2 eksemplarer
The Elder Brother 1 eksemplar
Portrait of a courtezan 1 eksemplar
Less than kin; a novel 1 eksemplar
The golden talisman, a grove play 1 eksemplar
The First Californian Authors 1 eksemplar
San Francisco APagent 1 eksemplar
The crystal ball 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1918 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1918) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1924 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1925) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Representative American Short Stories — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1933 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
The Reviewer, Volume V, Numbers 1-4 (Jan-Oct 1925) — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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- Fødselsdato
- 1881-03-15
- Dødsdag
- 1943-01-11
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Dødssted
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Bopæl
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Relationer
- Dobie, Clarence W. (brother)
- Kort biografi
- Charles Caldwell Dobie was born in San Francisco March 15, 1881, and unlike many California writers who went East after their first success, he continued to live in his native city. He attended local schools and, because of the death of his father and the necessity of contributing to family support, he never went beyond grammar school in formal education. He went into insurance work, starting as an errand boy and eventually becoming office manager. When he was nineteen he joined a class in short story writing inaugurated by W. C. Morrow, the noted journalist and writer. Under his direction, Dobie learned the short story craft. Writing in his spare time, he worked for ten years without selling a line. In October 1910 his first story was published in the San Francisco Argonaut. In 1916 he resigned his insurance position to devote full time to writing. Thereafter he became a regular contributor to leading magazines, including Smart Set, Harper's, Scribner's and Pictorial Review. Many of his stories were selected for inclusion in "best short story" anthologies, notably the Edward J. O'Brien and O. Henry memorial collections. His first novel, The Blood Red Dawn, was published in 1920. Other novels include Broken to the Plow (ca. 1921), Less than Kin (1926) and Portrait of a Courtesan (1934). In addition, he wrote from time to time, a number of newspaper columns, the most famous of which was "The Caliph in San Francisco," appearing in the San Francisco Bulletin, 1925-1926. The books which permanently identified him in the public mind with San Francisco were San Francisco: A Pageant (1933) and San Francisco's Chinatown (1936). Dobie died in his home in San Francisco on January 11, 1943.
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- #277,520
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