David
Grayson
Born:
1870
Lansing
Died: 1946
Parents: Joseph Stannard and Alice Baker
Spouse: Jessie Irene Beal
Children: James, Roger, Rachel, Alice
Address(es):
Burial:
Wildwood Cemetery
Amherst, MA
Died: 1946
Parents: Joseph Stannard and Alice Baker
Spouse: Jessie Irene Beal
Children: James, Roger, Rachel, Alice
Address(es):
Burial:
Wildwood Cemetery
Amherst, MA
Writings
Image | Title | Genre | Audience | Publisher | Date |
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Following the color line; American Negro citizenship in the progressive era. Introd. and notes to the Torchbook ed. by Dewey W. Grantham, Jr. - Chapters 1-8, 10-14, with slight revisions, originally appeared in the American magazine, Apr. 1907-Sept. 1908. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York: Harper & Row | 1964 | |
American Chronicle - Autobiography. |
Non Fiction, Biography | Adult | Charles Scribner's & Sons | 1945 | |
Under My Elm, Country Discoveries and Reflections - Author's pseud., David Grayson, at head of title. |
Non Fiction, Biography | Adult | Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran and Company, Inc. | 1942 | |
Native American; the book of my youth | Non Fiction, Biography | Adult | New York, Charles Scribner's & Sons | 1941 | |
The capture, death and burial of J. Wilkes Booth - Reproduced from McClure's magazine, May, 1897. |
Non Fiction | Adult | Chicago, The Poor Richard press | 1940 | |
The Countryman's Year - As David Grayson. |
Non Fiction | Adult | Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Doran & company, inc. | 1936 | |
Red Brother and Other Stories - A fictionalized story for boys of Alexander Henry's travels and the Indian massacre at Old Fort Mackinaw in 1763. |
Fiction | Children | Ann Arbor, MI: G. Wahr | 1927 | |
Adventures in Understanding | Non Fiction | Adult | Garden City, N. Y., Doubleday, Page & company | 1925 | |
The Adventures of David Grayson - Contents: Adventures in contentment -- Adventures in friendship -- The friendly road. |
Non Fiction, Biography | Adult, Children, Teen | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran & Co. | 1925 | |
The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson - Authorized ed. edited by Ray Stannard Baker and William E. Dodd. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York and London, Harper and Brothers | 1925-1927 | |
An American pioneer in science; the life and service of William James Beal - with Jessie Beal Baker |
Biography | Adult | Amherst, Mass., Priv. print. | 1925 | |
Woodrow Wilson and world settlement, written from his unpublished and personal material | Non Fiction | Adult | Garden City, N.Y., Doubleday, Page & Company | 1922 | |
The new industrial unrest: reasons and remedies | Non Fiction | Adult | Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page | 1920 | |
What Wilson Did in Paris | Non Fiction | Adult | Garden City, NY : Doubleday, Page | 1919 | |
Great Possessions, a New Series of Adventures - As David Grayson. Publication years: 1917, 1932. |
Non Fiction, History | Adult | Garden City, New York, Doubleday, Page | 1917 | |
Hempfield : an American novel - As David Grayson. |
Fiction | Adult | Garden City, New York : Doubleday, Page & Company | 1915 | |
The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment - As David Grayson. Publication years: 1913, 1924, 1933. |
Non Fiction | Children | Garden City, New York, Doubleday | 1913 | |
A Day of Pleasant Bread - As David Grayson. Publication years: 1910, 1926, 1941, 1948. |
Non Fiction | Children | Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Doran and Co. | 1910 | |
Adventures in Friendship - As David Grayson. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : Doubleday, Page | 1910 | |
The Spiritual Unrest | Non Fiction | Adult | New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company | 1910 | |
Adventures in Contentment - As David Grayson. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : Doubleday, Page | 1909 | |
New ideals in healing - An account of the Emmanuel movement of Boston and the Social Service Department at the Massachusetts General Hospital. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : F. A. Stokes | 1909 | |
Following the Color Line; an Account of Negro Citizenship in the American Democracy - (Publication Years: 1908, 1922) |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York, Doubleday, Page & company | 1908 | |
Boy's Second Book of Inventions - 1st ed published in 1899 |
Non Fiction | Children | New York : McClure, Phillips & co. | 1903 | |
Seen in Germany - Publication years: 1901, 1909. |
Non Fiction | Adult | New York : Doubleday, Page | 1901 | |
The boy's book of inventions; stories of the wonders of modern science | Non Fiction | Children | New York, Doubleday & McClure co. | 1899 | |
Shop Talks on the Wonders of the Crafts - Compilation of colums written for publication in the Chicago Record. |
Non Fiction | Adult | Chicago : Chicago Record | 1895 |
What is the aim or goal of your writing:
"He believed, 'When men come really to understand one another-if that time ever comes-war will end, poverty will end, tyranny will end, and this under almost any sort of government, almost any economic system.' The Detroit News, December 22, 1941." Baker became acquainted with Woodrow Wilson while editor and part owner of American Magazine. This friendship resulted in his being designated to edit the President's papers. Wilson said, "I would rather have your interpretation than that of anyone else I know."
May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No
Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No
Skills:
Author
Other - Journalist
Education:
Degree | Institution | Location | Date |
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Doctor of Vetinarian Medicine (V.M.D.) | University of Pennsylvania | Philadelphia, PA | 1977 |
Career:
Position | Organization | Location | Date |
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Technical Adviser | Twentieth Century Fox (film "Wilson") | Las Angeles | 1944 |
Special commissioner | U.S. State Department | Washington, D.C. | 1918 |
Editor and Part owner - Ray Stannard Baker, Lincoln Steffens and Ida M. Tarbell left McClure's to help create American Magazine. Baker contributed articles using the pseudonym David Grayson. |
American Magazine | New York | 1906-1915 |
Associate Editor | McClure Syndicate | New York City | 1898-1905 |
Reporter | Chicago News Record | Chicago | 1892-1897 |
Author and Historian |
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