David Haward Bain

Background

Bain, David Haward was born on February 23, 1949 in Camden, New Jersey, United States. Son of David M. and Rosemary (Haward) Bain.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Boston University, 1971.

Career

Editorial assistant, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., New York City, 1973-1976; editor, Stonehill Press, New York City, 1976-1977; editor Harmony Books, Crown Publications, Inc., New York City, 1977-1978; writer, New York City, 1978-1987; associate faculty, Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury, Vermont, 1981-1987; assistant editor, New England Review, Middlebury, since 1989. Visiting instructor creative writing Middlebury College, since 1987.

Achievements

• David Haward Bain has been listed as a notable Writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Sitting in Darkness: Americans in the Philippines

    (Sitting in Darkness follows the paths of three people in ...)

  • Sitting in Darkness: Americans in the Philippines

    (In 1901 American Colonel Frederick Funston embarked on a ...)

  • The Old Iron Road: An Epic of Rails, Roads, and the Urge to Go West

    (In the summer of 2000, David Haward Bain and his family l...)

  • Empire Express. Building the First Transcontinental Railroad
  • Sitting in Darkness: Americans in the Philippines by David Haward Bain (1986-11-04)
  • Empire Express: Building the First Transcontinental Railroad

Membership

Fellow Society of America Historians.

Interests

• Avocations: blues piano playing, sheparding.

Connections

Married Mary Smyth Duffy, June 6, 1981. Children: Mimi Aitken Duffy Bain, David Montrose Duffy Bain.

Father:

David M. Bain

Mother:

Rosemary (Haward) Bain

Spouse:

Mary Smyth Duffy

child:

David Montrose Duffy Bain

child:

Mimi Aitken Duffy Bain