Background
McAleer, John Joseph was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen Ambrose and Helen Louise (Collins) McAleer.
(Stated First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Very clean...)
Stated First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Very clean light gray boards with green cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No fading, bumping or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages and edges are clean and bright. Clean endpapers; no names, writing or marks. Illustrated with photographs. With a Foreword by P. G. Wodehouse. 621 pages with index. Dust jacket has very slight age-toning to flap folds, is unchipped, a few tiny closed edge tears, not price clipped, features wonderful photographs of Stout. Enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover.
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McAleer, John Joseph was born on August 29, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Stephen Ambrose and Helen Louise (Collins) McAleer.
AB, Boston College, 1947; Master of Arts, Boston College, 1949; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1955.
Teaching fellow, Boston College, 1947-1948; English and Latin instructor, Boston College, 1948-1950; Dexter fellow in Europe, Harvard University, 1952; teaching fellow general education, Harvard University, 1953-1955; from assistant professor to professor, Boston College, since 1955. Visiting fellow Durham (England) University, 1988-1989.
( A novel of men bonded by friendship and burned by war, ...)
(Stated First Edition in unclipped dust jacket. Very clean...)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
(Stated First Edition. Review copy with publisher's slips ...)
Member Boston Athenaeum Library. Member of advisory board Walden Woods Project, since 1990, Parents Choice, since 1980. Sergeant United States Army, 1942-1946.
Member Thoreau Society (president, director since 1971), Mystery Writers American (vice-president, director 1979-1989, Edgar Allan Poe award 1978), R. Austen Freeman Society (pres.1981-), Edith Wharton Society, Jane Austen Society (Burke award 1991), International Dreiser Society (founding member since 1991), Trollope Society, Freeman Wills Croft Society (1st vice president since 1997), Irene Adler Society, Boston Authors Club(president, director 1982-1998), Manuscript Society (1st vice president since 1999), Tavern Club(Boston), Baker St. Irregulars, Patrick O'Brian Society (president since 1995).
Married Ruth Ann Delaney, December 28, 1957. Children: Mary Alycia, Saragh Delaney, Seana Caithlin, John Joseph, Paul Bernard, Andrew Stephen.