Of Time and an Island

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Charterhouse, 1974 - Biography & Autobiography - 245 pages
Examines the history of America from Columbus' explorations and the colonial era through the War of 1812.

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Contents

Section 1
3
Section 2
18
Section 3
32
Copyright

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Of Time and an Island
John Keats
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John Keats
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About the author (1974)

John Chesswell Keats was born in Moultrie, Georgia on December 6, 1920. He attended the University of Michigan and the University of Pennsylvania before serving in the Army Air Corps in the Pacific during World War II. In the 1950s, he worked as a copy editor and reporter for The Washington Daily News. He taught at Syracuse University from 1974 until 1990. His first book, The Crack in the Picture Window, was published in 1956. His other books included The Insolent Chariots, The Sheepskin Psychosis, They Fought Alone, and What Ever Happened to Mom's Apple Pie: The American Food Industry and How to Cope with It. His biographies included Howard Hughes and You Might as Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy Parker. He also wrote two quasi-autobiographical volumes entitled The New Romans: An American Experience and Of Time and an Island. He died on November 3, 2000 at the age of 79.

Bibliographic information

TitleOf Time and an Island
AuthorJohn Keats
PublisherCharterhouse, 1974
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJul 19, 2011
ISBN0883270331, 9780883270332
Length245 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / Editors, Journalists, Publishers
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