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James Cloyd Bowman

Born: 01/18/1880   Leipsic , OH
Died: 09/27/1961
Parents: Martin Van Buren and Anne Bowman
Children: Jeanne

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Who Was Tricked?
- Taken from the authors' collection of stories: Tales from a Finnish tupa. 		Fiction Children Chicago : Albert Whitman 1966
Seven Silly Wise Men
- Taken from the author's longer book, Tales from a Finnish tupa. Published after his death. 		Fiction Children Chicago : Whitman 1964
Mike Fink, snapping turtle of the O-hi-o-o, snag of the Massassip Fiction , Folklore Children Boston : Little, Brown 1957
John Henry, the rambling black Ulysses Folklore Adult , Children , Teen Chicago, Ill., A. Whitman & company 1942
Winabojo: Master of Life
- Junior Literary Guild Selection 		Folklore Children Chicago, Ill. : A. Whitman & company 1941
Mystery mountain Fiction Children Chicago : A. Whitman & co 1940
Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time
- Junior Literary Guild Selection (Publication Years: 1937, 1972) received a Newbery Honor in 1938 		Fiction , Folklore Children Chicago : A. Whitman 1937
Tales From a Finnish Tupa
- With Margery Bianco, Junior Literary Guild Selection 		Fiction , Folklore Children New York : Junior Literary Guild : Albert Whitman 1936
The Adventures of Paul Bunyan Fiction , Folklore Adult , Children , Teen New York, London, Century [c1927] 1927
Contemporary American Criticism Non Fiction Adult New York : H. Holt and Company, 1926
Composition and selected essays, for normal schools and colleges Non Fiction Adult New York, Harcourt, Brace 1923
On the Des Moines Poetry Adult Boston : The Cornhill company 1921
The promise of country life; descriptions, narrations without plot, short stories
- Editor 		Fiction , Non Fiction , Poetry , Short Stories Adult Boston, New York [etc.] D.C. Heath & co. 1916
Essays for College English
-  selected and ed. by James Cloyd Bowman, A. M., Louis I. Bredvold, A. M., L. B. Greenfield, PH. M., Bruce Weirick, A. M. ... 		Non Fiction Adult , Teen Boston ; New York : D. C. Heath & co 1915 -1918
The Knight of the Chinese Dragon Fiction Children Columbus, Ohio, The Pfeifer press 1913
Into the Depths, (a story of protecting sympathy) together with sixteen miscellaneous poems Fiction , Poetry Adult Valparaiso University Press 1905

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author
Poet
Other - Folklorist

Awards:

Name Date
Honorary Litt.D Ohio Northern University 1923

Inclusion in biographical or critical works:

Name Date
Michigan Authors, 3rd. ed. 1993
Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 97-100 1981
Something about the Author, volume 23 1981
Authors of Books for Young People 1971
Junior Book of Authors 1951
Who Was Who in America 1926 -1927
Who Was Who in North American Authors 1923
American Authors and Books

Memberships:

Name Date
National council of Teachers of English, Midwest Authors Association, Eugene Field Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Rotary International

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
Master of Arts (A.M.) Harvard University Cambridge , MA 1910
Bachelor of Literature (B.Litt.) Ohio Northern University Ada , OH 1908
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Ohio Northern University Ada , OH 1905

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Chairman of English Department Northern State Teachers College Marquette 1921 -1939
Professor Iowa State College Ames 1910 -1921

Other Resources:

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