Background
Conroy, Jack was born on December 5, 1898 in Moberly, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Eliza Jane (McCollough) Conroy.
(Humorous Children's story about a hound that would 'soone...)
Humorous Children's story about a hound that would 'sooner' race than eat. He loved to race trains just for the joy of it. Then came his biggest race with the fastest train ever, the "Cannonball". Illustrated in Color throughout by Caldecott Medal Winner, Virginia Lee Burton.
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( Douglas Wixson's introduction to this new edition of Co...)
Douglas Wixson's introduction to this new edition of Conroy's classic provides biographical information on the aspects of Conroy's life that influenced his writings, explores the socialist movement of the 1930s, and examines the critical reaction to the novel, showing why The Disinherited has endured both as historical document and as fiction.
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Originally published in 1945 as They Seek a City, this classic was revised and expanded in 1966 to include chapters on Marcus Garvey, the Black Muslims, Malcolm X, and the racial disturbances in Detroit, Chicago, and Watts. Filled with stories about real men and women who sought a new life in the North, Anyplace But Here depicts the theme of hope, undercut by disappointment, and hope renewed as it details the African American's search for a home.
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Conroy, Jack was born on December 5, 1898 in Moberly, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Edward and Eliza Jane (McCollough) Conroy.
Student, University Missouri, 1920-1921; Doctor of Humane Letters, University Missouri at Kansas City, 1975.
Editor, The Rebel Poet, 1931-1932; Editor, The Anvil, 1933-1937; Editor, The New Anvil, 1939-1941; associate editor, Nelson's Encyclopedia and Universal World Reference Encyclopedia, 1943-1947; senior editor, New Standard Encyclopedia, Chicago, 1947-1966; director, Standard Information Service, 1949-1955; literature editor, Chicago Defender, 1946-1947; literature editor, Chicago Globe, 1950; instructor fiction writing, Columbia College, 1962-1966.
( Douglas Wixson's introduction to this new edition of Co...)
( Originally published in 1945 as They Seek a City, this ...)
(Humorous Children's story about a hound that would 'soone...)
(Book by Conroy, Jack, Salzman, Jack, Ray, David)
(Book of regional humor from the midwest.)
(Book by Conroy, Jack)
(First Edition. Cloth. Dust jacket. Book is fine, some chi...)
Member Society Midland Authors (vice president Missouri), Chicago Council Foreign Relations, International Platform Association.
Married Elizabeth Gladys Kelly, June 30, 1922 (deceased October 1982). Children: Margaret Jean Swartz Tillery (deceased), Thomas Vernon (deceased), Jack (deceased).