Benedict Freedman (1919–2012)
Autor/a de Mrs. Mike: The Story of Katherine Mary Flannigan
Sobre l'autor
Benedict Freedman was born in New York City on December 19, 1919. He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at the age of 13. He was studying math at Columbia University, but left at the age of 16 to help support his family after his father died. He became a writer for radio stars like Al mostra'n més Jolson, Jimmy Durante and Red Skelton and later wrote for television shows including My Favorite Martian and Mr. Skelton's comedy-variety hour. During World War II, he used his mathematics training to secure a job as a stress tester with Hughes Aircraft and worked on the Spruce Goose. He wrote numerous books with his wife Nancy Freedman. Their first novel, Mrs. Mike, was published in 1947. In 1949, it was adapted into a film starring Dick Powell and Evelyn Keyes. Their other works include The Spark and the Exodus, The Search for Joyful, and Kathy Little Bird. He went back to college and received a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of California, Los Angeles. He taught math for many years at Occidental College, in Los Angeles. He died on February 24, 2012 at the age of 92. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
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Obres de Benedict Freedman
Kathy Little Bird: A Mrs. Mike Novel 2 exemplars
The spark and the exodus 1 exemplars
Lille Fru Mig 1 exemplars
Lootville 1 exemplars
Mrs. Mike, Roman 1 exemplars
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- Nom normalitzat
- Freedman, Benedict
- Data de naixement
- 1919-12-19
- Data de defunció
- 2012-02-24
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- New York, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Corte Madera, California, USA
- Educació
- Columbia University
Curtiss-Wright Technical Institute
University of California, Los Angeles (BS - Mathematics, PhD - Mathematics) - Professions
- radio scriptwriter
mathematician
aerospace engineer
professor - Relacions
- Freedman, Nancy (wife)
Freedman, David (father)
Shapiro, Johanna, Ph.D. (daughter)
Freedman, Michael H. (son) - Organitzacions
- Curtiss-Wright
Occidental College
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Found: Juvenile book a Name that Book (abril 2022)
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Mrs. Mike de Benedict Freedman
If anyone would be interested to know about the real life story of Katherine Mary Flannigan Knox, then you can check out the blog posts here. https://authorsreallives.wordpress.com/2024/01/04/katherine-mary-ofallon-flannig...
Here's what I wrote about this read in 2008: "Sequel to Mrs. Mike, written 50+ years after the first. Good, simple, heartwarming tale continues. NOTE: Critics were harsh on this one!"
Here's what I wrote about this read in 2008: "Good, simple, heartwarming tale of early settlers / pioneers in the Canadian wilderness. Sargent Mike Flannigan; now he was a man to love. Written in ~1940's, with modern sequels subsequently read."
This was recommended to me because I liked [a:Bess Streeter Aldrich|87735|Bess Streeter Aldrich|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1238917856p2/87735.jpg]. It doesn't have the same quality as hers, the characters don't step off the page, the community doesn't live. I think it's meant to chronicle personal growth but, while it does a good job imagining struggle, it doesn't capture it as well as, say [a:C S Lewis|18307282|C S Lewis|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png]. The best way to describe it would to be to say that it is the Canadian version of [b:Christy|35879889|Christy|Catherine Marshall|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1507060335s/35879889.jpg|3158544].
It was also sold to me (by someone who was very unclear) as a non-fiction memoir. I would say that there was little evidence of mountains of research so, to be safe, I'd call it a historical fiction.… (més)
It was also sold to me (by someone who was very unclear) as a non-fiction memoir. I would say that there was little evidence of mountains of research so, to be safe, I'd call it a historical fiction.… (més)
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- Popularitat
- #14,989
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
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- ISBN
- 45
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- 1