Constance Mayfield Rourke

Born: 11/14/1885   Cleveland
Died: 03/23/1941
Parents: Henry Button Rourke, Constance E. Rourke
Address(es):
Burial:
Woodlawn Cemetery
Grand Rapids , MI

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
The Roots of American Culture and Other Essays
- Van Wyck Brooks edited incomplete manuscript
Non Fiction Adult New York : Harcourt 1942
Charles Sheeler: Artist in the American Tradition Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : Harcourt 1938
Audubon
- Newbery Honor Book 1937
Non Fiction , Biography Adult , Children , Teen New York : Harcourt 1936
Davy Crockett Non Fiction , Biography Adult , Children , Teen New York : Harcourt 1934
American Humor: A Study of the National Character
- Publication Years: 1931, 1971, 2004
Non Fiction Adult New York: Harcourt 1931
Troupers of the Gold Coast: The Rise of Lotta Crabtree Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : Harcourt 1928
Trumpets of Jubilee: Henry Ward Beecher, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lyman Beecher, Horace Greeley, P.T. Barnum
- A study of five culturally influential Americans of the 19th century. Publication Years: 1927, 1963
Non Fiction , Biography Adult New York : Harcourt 1927
Other writings:
- Published in numerous journals and magazines
Non Fiction Adult

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Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Bachelor of Science (B. S.) Cornell University Ithaca , NY 1959

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Cultural historian and writer 1920 -1941
English Instructor Vassar College Poughkeepsie , NY 1910 -1915

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Other Comments:

Death: died of an embolism - in Grand Rapids, MI

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