Background
Atkinson, James Blakely was born on November 24, 1934 in Honolulu. Son of Edward Clay and Gertrude (Blakely) Atkinson.
("Footprints of the Past" chronicles the history of Cornis...)
"Footprints of the Past" chronicles the history of Cornish, New Hampshire, USA, from the mid-eighteenth century through the 1920s, most notably the famed Cornish Colony of painters, sculptors, writers, and luminaries. Among these artists were Maxfield Parrish, the renowned American illustrator, and his father, Stephen; Augustus Saint-Gaudens, sculptor and designer of United States coins; Charles A. Platt, etcher, painter, landscape artist, and architect; and artists Thomas Dewing, George de Forest Brush, Henry O. Walker, John White Alexander, Everett Shinn, William Henry Hyde, and Willard Metcalf. Winston Churchill, one of the most popular American novelists of his day, lived in Cornish and rented his home to President Woodrow Wilson as a summer White House. This book captures the interactions between the artists, the community, and the beautiful Connecticut River Valley scenery. 525 pages, more than 150 illustrations, including color insert.
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(Near the end of World War II, four days after Allied armi...)
Near the end of World War II, four days after Allied armies landed at Normandy, a unit of Waffen SS en route to the front surrounded the French village of Oradour-sur-Glane and, without warning, massacred its citizens. In an effort to come to grips with this tragedy, Jean-Jacques Fouche explores the massacre from several points of.
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Atkinson, James Blakely was born on November 24, 1934 in Honolulu. Son of Edward Clay and Gertrude (Blakely) Atkinson.
Bachelor of Arts in History, Swarthmore College, 1956; Master of Arts in American Literature with honors, Columbia University, 1961; Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature with distinction, Columbia University, 1968.
Teacher English, College Benjamin Franklin, Orléans, France, 1958-1959; teacher French, English and American history, St. David's School, New York City, 1960-1962; assistant Professor of English, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 1966-1973; assistant Professor of English, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1973-1978; member core faculty, Capital U., Dayton, Ohio., 1978-1979; assistant Professor of English, Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, 1979-1987; visiting scholar department Romance languages, University of Pennsylvania, 1987-1989; independent scholar, since 1989.
(Near the end of World War II, four days after Allied armi...)
("Footprints of the Past" chronicles the history of Cornis...)
President Cornish (New Hampshire) History Society, since 1992. With infantry United States Army, 1956-1958. Member American Association of University Professors, Modern Language Association, Renaissance Society of America.
Married Starr Koester, September 10, 1960 (deceased October 1978). 1 child, Andreas Edward. Married Gretchen A. Holm, June 28, 1980.
Stepchildren: Nils, Katrina.