词条 | Donald Barr Chidsey |
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| name = Donald Barr Chidsey | image = | imagesize = | caption = | pseudonym = | birth_date = {{birth date|1902|5|14|mf=y}} | birth_place = Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States | death_date = {{death date and age|1981|03|17|1902|5|14|mf=y}} | death_place = New London, Connecticut, United States | occupation = Historian, biographer, novelist | nationality = American | period = | genre = Adventure fiction, historical fiction }} Donald Barr Chidsey (May 14, 1902 – March 17, 1981) was an American writer, biographer, historian, novelist and writer of adventure fiction. BiographyDonald Barr Chidsey was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on May 14, 1902. He worked at the Elizabeth Daily Journal, and traveled widely in his youth. He wrote more than fifty books. Alden Whitman called him "an old hand at light writing."[1] According to Kirkus Reviews, Chidsey "is known for his popular American histories, and has a nose for a good story."[2] He lived in Lyme, Connecticut for many years. Along with artist W. Langdon Kihn, he was a Democratic candidate for the Connecticut House of Representatives from the town of Lyme, in the November 2, 1948 election.[3] He died on March 17, 1981, in Lawrence Memorial Hospital at New London, Connecticut.[4] WorksBiographies
Histories
Novels
References1. ^"End Papers" (review of The California Gold Rush), New York Times, October 24, 1968 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Chidsey, Donald Barr}}2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/donald-barr-chidsey-2/the-great-conspiracy-2/|title=THE GREAT CONSPIRACY|author=Donald Barr Chidsey|work=Kirkus Reviews}} 3. ^Connecticut Register and Manual, 1950, page 556 4. ^"Donald Barr Chidsey, Biographer And Historian of the Revolution", New York Times, March 26, 1981 9 : 1902 births|1981 deaths|20th-century American historians|American male novelists|20th-century American novelists|Connecticut Democrats|20th-century American male writers|20th-century American non-fiction writers|American male non-fiction writers |
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