Background
Schlissel, Lillian was born on February 22, 1930 in New York City. Daughter of Abraham and Mae (Isaacson) Fischer.
(Black Frontiers chronicles the life and times of black me...)
Black Frontiers chronicles the life and times of black men and women who settled the West from 1865 to the early 1900s. In this striking book, you'll meet many of these brave individuals face-to-face, through rare vintage photographs and a fascinating account of their real-life history.
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(Lillian Schlissel is a professor emerita of English and A...)
Lillian Schlissel is a professor emerita of English and American Studies at Brooklyn College–CUNY. She is the author of numerous books, including The Western Women's Reader (with Catherine Lavender) and Black Frontiers: A History of African American Heroes in the Old West. Byrd Gibbens is a professor of English at the University of New Mexico, Valencia campus, and the author of This Is a Strange Country: Letters of a Western Family 1880-1906.Elizabeth Hampsten is a professor of English at the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, and the author of Settlers' Children: Growing Up on the Great Plains.
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Schlissel, Lillian was born on February 22, 1930 in New York City. Daughter of Abraham and Mae (Isaacson) Fischer.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1951; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1957.
From assistant professor to professor English Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, City University of New York, 1957—1998. Director American studies program Brooklyn College, City University of New York, 1974-1997, professor emeritus, since 1998. Guest lecturer American studies University New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1981, 83, 89.
Guest lecturer English University Santa Clara, California, 1971.
(Black Frontiers chronicles the life and times of black me...)
(Lillian Schlissel is a professor emerita of English and A...)
(Takes a look at the human cost of the cross continental t...)
Member American Studies Association, Organization American Historians, Western History Association, Western Literature Association.
Children: Rebecca Claire, Daniel.