Duane Graham Newcomb

Background

Newcomb, Duane Graham was born on February 12, 1929 in Oklahoma City. Son of Wilbur Kenneth and Grace (Graham) Newcomb.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Forestry, University Washington, 1953. Postgraduate, University Colorado, 1955. Postgraduate, University Oklahoma, 1956.

Postgraduate, California State University, San Jose, 1965.

Career

Cartographer United States Geological Survey, Sacramento, 1953-1957. Owner, manager West Valley Firestone, San Jose, 1957-1962. Author, lecturer Grass Valley, California, from 1962.

Instructor American River College, Sacramento, 1967-1977. Lecturer United States Chamber of Commerce, Washington, 1975-1976. Consultant, lecturer various other organizations.

Founder Sierra Writing Camp, Sly Park, California, since 1975.

Achievements

• Duane Graham Newcomb has been listed as a notable how-to and self-help writer, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Postage Stamp Kitchen Garden Book

    (The instructions in this book show how anyone can produce...)

  • The Owner-Built Adobe House

    ( First published in 1980, this book remains a useful gui...)

  • The Apartment Farmer

    (Paperback: 154 pages Publisher: Tarcher; Trade Paperback ...)

  • The Backyard Vegetable Factory: Super Yields from Small Spaces

    (Information packed chapters on protecting your garden fro...)

  • Georgie Clark: Thirty Years of River Running

    (Georgie Clark's long and successful career as a white wat...)

  • The Postage Stamp Garden Book: Grow Tons of Vegetables in Small Spaces

    (A postage stamp garden is a small area that can produce a...)

  • How to Sell and Re-Sell Your Writing (Writers Basic Bookshelf)

    (Learn how to write what you sell and reslant it to sell i...)

  • How to make big money free-lance writing
  • Fortune-building secrets of the rich

    (some yellowing of pages from age. No markings. Has Dust c...)

  • A Complete Guide to Marketing Magazine Articles

    (Book by Newcomb, Duane G.)

  • Postage Stamp Kitchen Garden Book: Lots of Herbs and Vegetables You Can Grow in a Very Small Space

    (Book by Newcomb, Duane G., Newcomb, Karen)

  • The wonderful world of houseboating,

    (First Edition. Ex - Library with usual markings and stamp...)

  • Spare-time fortune guide

    (Business Money)

  • Postage Stamp Garden Book: How to Grow All the Food You Can Eat in Very Little Space

    (Paperback)

  • Mobile home gardening guide
  • Postage Stamp Garden Book: How to Grow All the Food You Can Eat in Very Little Space by Duane Newcomb (1975) Paperback
  • The Backyard Vegetable Factory: Super Yields from Small Spaces Paperback September, 1988
  • The Owner-Built Adobe House Paperback June 1, 2001
  • The Owner-Built Adobe House by Newcomb, Duane (2001) Paperback
  • Word power makes the difference: Making what you write pay off
  • The Apartment Farmer Paperback January 1, 1976

Membership

Member American Society Journalists and Authors (charter Northern California chapter), California Writers (vice president Sacramento chapter 1974), Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Sigma. Clubs: Toastmasters (Grass Valley).

Interests

• Skiing, hiking, indian pottery.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Luck, August 26, 1954 (divorced October 1970). Children: Kathy Ann, Ronald Alan. Married Karen Lee Ball, September 27, 1978.

1 child, Steven Duane.

Father:

Wilbur Kenneth Newcomb

Mother:

Grace (Graham) Newcomb

Spouse:

Karen Lee Ball

Spouse:

Patricia Ann Luck

child:

Kathy Ann Newcomb

child:

Steven Duane Newcomb

child:

Ronald Alan Newcomb