Daniel Aaron (1) (1912–2016)

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Sobre El Autor

Daniel Baruch Aaron was born in Chicago, Illinois on August 4, 1912. He received a bachelor's degree in English from the University of Michigan in 1933 and the first doctoral degree in American civilization from Harvard University. He taught English at Smith College for 30 years. During wartime mostrar más shortages of manpower, he worked on a farm and as a volunteer police officer. In 1979, he co-founded the nonprofit Library of America. The company has published millions of copies of over 250 moderately priced novels, memoirs, narrative histories, forgotten masterpieces, and other classics. He wrote several books during his lifetime including Men of Good Hope: A Story of American Progressives, Writers on the Left: Episodes in American Literary Communism, and The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil War. His memoirs include The Americanist and Commonplace Book, 1934-2012. He condensed the 155 volume journal of failed poet and scion of Southern wealth Arthur Crew Inman into The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession. In 2010, he was awarded a National Humanities Medal as a scholar and as the founding president of the Library of America. He died from complications of pneumonia on April 30, 2016 at the age of 103. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras de Daniel Aaron

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Writers on the Left (1961) 71 copias

The United States: The History of a Republic (1957) — Joint Author. — 54 copias

The Unwritten War: American Writers and the Civil War (1973) 44 copias

Emerson: A Modern Anthology (1958) — Editor — 38 copias

Men of good hope; a story of American progressives (1951) 33 copias

The structure of American history (1964) 25 copias

The Strenuous Decade: A Social and Intellectual Record of the 1930'S, (1970) 20 copias

From a Darkened Room: The Inman Diary (Inman Fund) (1996) — Editor — 13 copias

Cincinnati, Queen City of the West, 1819-1838 (1992) 12 copias

The Americanist (2007) 12 copias

America in crisis; fourteen crucial episodes in American history (1971) 8 copias

Studies in Biography (1978) 8 copias

Paul Elmer More's Shelburne Essays on American Literature (1963) — Editor — 6 copias

American Notes: Selected Essays (1994) 5 copias

The American Republic (Volume 2, Since 1865) (1959) 5 copias

The American Republic (v. 1) (1959) 4 copias

Commonplace Book, 1934-2012 (2015) 2 copias

AMERICAN ISSUES FORUM AMERICAN SOCIETY IN THE MAKING VOLUME ONE 1 copia

American issues forum 1 copia

Scrap Book (2014) 1 copia

AMERICAN ISSUES FORUM THE MOLDING AMERICAN VALUES VOLUME TWO 1 copia

The Inman Diary A Public and Private Confession **2 VOLUMES** 1 copia

The United States: A world power (1976) 1 copia

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Nombre legal: Aaron, Daniel Baruch
Fecha de nacimiento: 1912-08-04
Fecha de fallecimiento: 2016-04-30
Género: male
Nacionalidad: USA
Lugar de nacimiento: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Lugar de fallecimiento: Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Causa de fallecimiento: pneumonia (complications)
Lugares de residencia: Northampton, Massachusetts, USA
Educación: University of Michigan (AB)
Harvard University (PhD)
Ocupaciones: literary historian
professor emeritus
literary critic
Organizaciones: Harvard University
Smith College
Library of America (cofounder)
Premios y honores: National Humanities Medal (2010)

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The Americanist por Daniel Aaron

I was disappointed in this book; I'd seen a good review somewhere. The author is a professor of American Studies. The book is a short memoir of his life as a professor and his travels around the world talking about American culture. He traveled a lot for the USIA. He claims he always told the truth & aired his criticisms of the US, but he is both defensive & defending of his activities in support of the US. I don't think he had anything interesting to say about politics, and the reminiscences didn't have much content.… (más)

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