John Graves (1) (1920–2013)
Autor de Goodbye to a River: A Narrative
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Sobre El Autor
John Alexander Graves III was born in Fort Worth, Texas on August 6, 1920. He attended what is now Rice University. In 1942, he joined the Marine Corps and served in the Pacific. He was wounded by a Japanese grenade in Saipan, which left him blind in one eye. He taught English at the University of mostrar más Texas at Austin for three years. He received a master's degree in English at Columbia University. He wrote numerous books during his lifetime including Goodbye to a River, Hard Scrabble, and From a Limestone Ledge. He died on July 31, 2013 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Graves, John Alexander, III
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1920-08-06
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 2013-07-31
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Fort Worth, Texas, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Austin, Texas, USA
New York, New York, USA
Canary Islands, Spain
Somervell County, Texas, USA - Educación
- Rice University (BA - English)
Columbia University (MA - English) - Ocupaciones
- memoirist
non-fiction author - Organizaciones
- University of Texas at Austin
Texas Christian University
United States Marine Corps (WWII)
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- Obras
- 17
- También por
- 4
- Miembros
- 715
- Popularidad
- #35,476
- Valoración
- 4.2
- Reseñas
- 15
- ISBNs
- 45
- Favorito
- 6
Goodbye to a River is his account of that farewell canoe voyage. As he braves rapids and fatigue and the fickle autumn weather, he muses upon old blood feuds of the region and violent skirmishes with native tribes, and retells wild stories of courage and cowardice and deceit that shaped both the river’s people and the land during frontier times and later. Nearly half a century after its initial publication, Goodbye to a River is a true American classic, a vivid narrative about an exciting journey and a powerful tribute to a vanishing way of life and its ever-changing natural environment.… (más)