Philip Duffield Stong

Background

Stong, Philip Duffield was born on January 27, 1899 in Keosauqua, Iowa, United States. Son of Benjamin J. and Ada Evesta (Duffield) Stong.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Drake U., 1919, Doctor of Laws, 1947. Graduate student, 1924-1925. Graduate student Columbia, 1920-1921, University of Kansas, 1923-1924.

Doctor of Letters, Parsons College, 1939.

Career

Athletic director and teacher high schools, 1919-1923. Editorial writer Des Moines (Iowa) Register and instructor debate and journalism, Drake U., 1923-1925. Wire editor Associated Press, New York City, 1925-1926.

Copy editor North American Newspaper Alliance, 1926-1927. With Liberty Magazine, 1928. With Editor and Publisher, 1929.

With World, 1929-1931.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: State Fair, 1932. Stranger’s Return, 1933. Village Tale, 1934

  • Farm Boy (juvenile), 1934.
    
    Week End, 1935

  • Farmer in the Dell, 1935. Career, 1935

  • Honk the Moose (juvenile), 1935. No-Sitch! The Hound (juvenile), 1936.
    
    Buckskin Breeches, 1937. High Water, (juvenile), 1937. The Rebellion of Lennie Barlow, 1937.
    
    Edgar: the 7:58, Young Settler (juvenile), 1938. The Long Lane, 1939

  • The Hired Man’s Elephant (New York Herald-Tribune award), 1939. Cowhand Goes to Town (juvenile), 1939.
    
    Horses and Americans, 1939. Ivanhoe Keeler, 1939. Hawkeyes

  • A Biography of the State of Iowa, 1940.
    
    If School Keeps, 1940. Captain Kidd’s Cow (juvenile), 1941. The Other Worlds (anthology), 1941.
    
    The Princess, 1941

  • Way Down Cellar (juvenile), 1942. The Iron Mountain, 1942. One Destiny, 1942

  • Missouri Canary (Juvenile), 1943.
    
    Marta of Muscovy, 1945. Censored, the Goat, 1945. Positive Pete, 1947

  • The Prince and the Porker, 1950.
    
    Forty Pounds of Gold, 1951. Hiram, the Hillbilly (juvenile), 1951. Return in August, 1953.
    
    Mississippi Pilot, 1954. Blizzard, 1955

  • Adventure of Horse Barnsby, 1956. Gold in Them Hills, 1957.
    
    Mike (juvenile), 1957. Contributor mags.

Membership

Fellow American Geogl. Society; Club:; Mason (32°,Kiloton).

Connections

Married Virginia Maude Swain, November 8, 1925.

Father:

Benjamin J. Stong

Mother:

Ada Evesta (Duffield) Stong

Spouse:

Virginia Maude Swain