John Keats (writer)
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John Keats was an American writer and biographer.
. He attended the University of Michigan
and the University of Pennsylvania
before serving in the Army Air Corps
in the Pacific during World War II.
He worked for The Washington Daily News in the 1950s. His debut as an author came in 1956 with The Crack in the Picture Window, a broadside at sprawling suburban housing developments. Keats wrote numerous magazine articles, which led to non-fiction books and biographies. Keats bought "Pine Island", one of the Thousand Islands, in the 1950s as a vacation home for himself, his wife and three children. He was living in Kingston, Ontario at the time of his death in order to be close to the island about which he wrote in "Of Time and an Island" in 1974.
From 1974 to about 1990 Keats taught magazine writing at Syracuse University
.
Biographies
Other books
Keats died November 3, 2000, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He was 79.
Biography
Keats was born Moultrie, GeorgiaMoultrie, Georgia
Moultrie is the county seat and largest city of Colquitt County and the third largest in Southwest Georgia behind Thomasville and Albany. As of 2009, Moultrie's population is 15,199 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of 6.07 percent....
. He attended the University of Michigan
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan is a public research university located in Ann Arbor, Michigan in the United States. It is the state's oldest university and the flagship campus of the University of Michigan...
and the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
before serving in the Army Air Corps
United States Army Air Corps
The United States Army Air Corps was a forerunner of the United States Air Force. Renamed from the Air Service on 2 July 1926, it was part of the United States Army and the predecessor of the United States Army Air Forces , established in 1941...
in the Pacific during World War II.
He worked for The Washington Daily News in the 1950s. His debut as an author came in 1956 with The Crack in the Picture Window, a broadside at sprawling suburban housing developments. Keats wrote numerous magazine articles, which led to non-fiction books and biographies. Keats bought "Pine Island", one of the Thousand Islands, in the 1950s as a vacation home for himself, his wife and three children. He was living in Kingston, Ontario at the time of his death in order to be close to the island about which he wrote in "Of Time and an Island" in 1974.
From 1974 to about 1990 Keats taught magazine writing at Syracuse University
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private research university located in Syracuse, New York, United States. Its roots can be traced back to Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1832, which also later founded Genesee College...
.
Works
- The Crack in the Picture Window (Houghton, 1956)
- The Insolent Chariots (Lippincott, 1958)
- Schools Without Scholars (Houghton, 1958)
- The Sheepskin Psychosis (Lippincott, 1965)
- They Fought Alone (Lippincott, 1963)
- What Ever Happened to Mom's Apple Pie: The American Food Industry and How to Cope With It (Houghton) 1976
Biographies
- Howard HughesHoward HughesHoward Robard Hughes, Jr. was an American business magnate, investor, aviator, engineer, film producer, director, and philanthropist. He was one of the wealthiest people in the world...
: The Biography of a Texas Billionaire (Random House; revised edition, 1972) - You Might as Well Live: The Life and Times of Dorothy ParkerDorothy ParkerDorothy Parker was an American poet, short story writer, critic and satirist, best known for her wit, wisecracks, and eye for 20th century urban foibles....
(Simon & Schuster, 1970).
Other books
- The New Romans: An American Experience (Lippincott, 1967)
- Of Time and an Island (Charterhouse, 1974)
Keats died November 3, 2000, in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. He was 79.