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Russell Amos Kirk

Born: 10/19/1918   Plymouth , MI
Died: 04/29/1994
Parents: Russell A. and Marjorie R. Kirk
Spouse: Annette Yvonne Cecile Courtemanche
Children: Monica, Cecilia, Felicia, Andrea
Address(es):
Burial:
Saint Michaels Cemetery
Remus, Mecosta County , MI
Contact Information:
Website : http://www.kirkcenter.org
image of Russell Amos Kirk

Writings

Image Title Genre Audience Publisher Date
Image of Ancestral Shadows ; An Anthology of Ghostly Tales Ancestral Shadows ; An Anthology of Ghostly Tales Fiction , Horror Adult Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans 2004
Image of Redeeming the Time Redeeming the Time
- with Jeffrey O. Nelson 		Non Fiction Adult Wilmington, DE : Intercollegiate Studies Institute 1996
Image of Sword of Imagination: Memories of a Half Century of Literary Conflict Sword of Imagination: Memories of a Half Century of Literary Conflict Biography Adult Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans 1995
Image of Politics of Prudence Politics of Prudence Non Fiction Adult Bryn Mawr, PA :Intercollegiate Studies Institute 1993
Image of Economics : work and prosperity Economics : work and prosperity Non Fiction Adult Pensacola, FL : Berka Book 1989
Image of Watchers at the Strait Gate; Mystical Tales Watchers at the Strait Gate; Mystical Tales Fiction , Fantasy Adult Sauk City, WI : Arkham 1984
Reclaiming a Patrimony : A Collection of Lectures Non Fiction Adult Washington, D.C. : Heritage Foundation 1982
The Roots of American Order Non Fiction Adult Malibu, CA. : Pepperdine University Press 1980
Lord of the Hollow Dark
- Gothic Novel reprint 1989 		Fiction Adult New York : St. Martin's Press 1979
Decadence and Renewal in the Higher Learning : an episodic history of American university and college since 1953 Non Fiction Adult Henry Regnery 1978
Image of The Roots of American Order The Roots of American Order Non Fiction Adult LaSalle, IL : Open Court 1974
Eliot and His Age: T.S. Eliot's Moral Imagination in the Twentieth Century Non Fiction Adult New York : Random House 1971
Image of Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered Edmund Burke: A Genius Reconsidered
- Architects of Freedom Series 		Non Fiction Adult New Rochelle, N.Y. : Arlington House 1967
A Creature of the Twilight : His Memorials
- Being some account of episodes in the career of His Excellency Manfred Arcane, minister without portfolio to the hereditary president of the Commonwealth of Hamnegri, and de facto field commander of the armies of that august prince. 		Fiction Adult New York : Fleet Publinging Corporation 1966
John Randolph of Roanoke
- 3rd edition 1997 		Non Fiction Adult Chicago, IL : H. Regnery Co. 1964
Lost Lake: Confessions of a Bohemian Tory Fiction Adult New York : Fleet Press 1963
Image of The Surly Sullen Bell ; Ten Stories and Sketches, Uncanny or Uncomfortable The Surly Sullen Bell ; Ten Stories and Sketches, Uncanny or Uncomfortable
- Supernatural Tales 		Fiction , Supernatural/Paranormal Adult New York : Fleet Press 1962
Old House of Fear
- Gothic novel 		Fiction Adult New York : Fleet Press 1961
The Conservative Mind: From Burke to Santayana
- 7th ed 1986 		Non Fiction Adult Chicago : Henry Regnery 1960
Image of The American Cause The American Cause Non Fiction Adult Chicago, IL : H. Regnery Co. 1957
National Review
- Co-founder, columnist 		Non Fiction Adult 1956 -1983
Program for Conservatives Non Fiction Adult Chicago, IL : H. Regnery Co. 1954
Randolph of Roanoke : A Study in Conservative Thought Non Fiction Adult Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press 1951
Other writings:
- Contributed over 500 articles, essays, short stories to periodicals in the United States and abroad such as New York Times Magazine, Wall Street Journal, Yale Review, Kenyon Review, Fortune, Sewanee Review, Journal of the History of Ideas. Editor of other books, contributor of introductions/articles to almost fifty books and encyclopedias, dictionaries 		Fiction Adult
- Work is in Russell Kirk: A Bibliography compiled by Charles Brown, Clarke Historical Library, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Fiction Adult

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Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

Skills:
Author

Education:

Degree Institution Location Date
- Summer classes Boulder University Boulder , CO

Career:

Position Organization Location Date
Director of social science program Educational Research Council of America Cleveland 1979 -1984
President Marguerite Eyer Wilbur Foundation Santa Barbara 1979
Columnist Los Angeles Times Syndicate Los Angeles 1962 -1975
Editor The Library of Conservative Thought for Transaction Books 1962
Justice of the Peace Morton Township Mecosta County , MI 1961 -1964
President Educational Reviewer Foundation New York 1960 -1994
Editor The University Bookman Mecosta , MI 1960 -1994
Research Professor of Politics Long Island University Brookville 1957 -1961
Founder and First Editor Modern Age Chicago 1957
Distinguished visiting professor and visiting research professor
- Numerous colleges and universities 		1953
Writer, editor, lecturer 1953 -1994
Professor of the history of civilization Michigan State University East Lansing , MI 1946 -1953
Chemical Warfare Service U.S. Army 1941 -1945
- Has debated many such as Hubert Humphrey, Max Lerner, Malcolm X
- Several public lectures have been broadcast nationally on C-Span

Other Resources:

MeLCat Links:
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Other Comments:

Kirk saw his mission as conveying to America’s rising generations an understanding of the process by which a healthy culture is transmitted from age to age. Today, this mission is continued in the work of the Russell Kirk Center, located at Mecosta, Michigan, the family home of Russell Kirk. The Center complex includes Dr. Kirk’s library and several residential houses.

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