Background
Strode, Hudson was born on October 31, 1892 in Cairo, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas F. and Hope (Hudson) Strode.
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"Every place I visited," says Hudson Strode, "was like a surprise package to be opened, and I untied the strings with high expectations." Reading The Eleventh House: Memoirs is like going to a party of smartly dressed guests. Strode starts his foreign travels in Sorrento with Dante's descendant Count Dante Serego-Alighieri as his guide. He takes a Russian cattle boat to Tunisia and lunches with the lovely Countess de Brazza. Then he embarks on a whirlwind tour of South America and writes South by Thunderbird. Later, in England, he visits Rebecca West at her country home and strikes up a warm friendship with Lady Astor. In Denmark his hostess is Isak Dinesen. In Finland he meets Jan Sibelius. Such are the times of Hudson Strode. With his keen eye for settings, with candor, energy, and curiosity, Strode sees his famous friends closely and wholly. His is a unique account. The Eleventh House is the story of a rewarding and fascinating life told by a man who remembers it all with affection. He tells it for the record and as great entertainment.
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Strode, Hudson was born on October 31, 1892 in Cairo, Illinois, United States. Son of Thomas F. and Hope (Hudson) Strode.
Bachelor of Arts, Univercity Alabama, 1913, Doctor of Literature, 1952. Master of Arts, Columbia, 1914. Special study, Harvard, 1916.
Student, travel in Italy and Africa, 1922-1923.
Doctor of Literature (honorary), University of South, 1960.
He taught at the University of Alabama from 1916 until his retirement in 1963. Strode’s students published over 55 novels and 101 short stories. One of Strode"s students was the author Borden Deal.
Strode wrote several books on Scandinavian and Caribbean countries before turning to biography.
A leading scholarly journal reviewed it stressing Strode"s political biases:
"His enemies are devils, and his friends, like Davis himself, have been canonized. In 1961 Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden bestowed on Doctor Strode the Order of the North Star in recognition of his contributions toward strengthening the cultural relations between the United States and Sweden.
Strode was born in Cairo, Illinois, but moved to Demopolis, Alabama at the age of twelve. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Alabama in 1913, and a Master of Arts degree from Columbia University in 1914.
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(Jefferson Davis Vol 2: Confederate President, by Strode, ...)
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Strode not only attempts to sanctify Davis but also the Confederate point of view, and this study should be relished by those vigorously sympathetic with the Lost Cause.
Member Newcomen Society England, PEN, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Kappa Epsilon.
Married Therese Cory, December 20, 1924.