Richard Sidney Slotkin

Background

Slotkin, Richard Sidney was born on November 8, 1942 in Brooklyn. Son of Herman and Roselyn B. Slotkin.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Brooklyn College, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Brown U., 1967; Master of Arts (honorary), Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1976.

Career

Member faculty, Wesleyan University, since 1966; Professor of English, Wesleyan University, since 1976; Olin professor, Wesleyan University, since 1982; department chairman American studies, Wesleyan University, since 1976.

Achievements

• Richard Sidney Slotkin has been listed as a notable American studies educator, writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Return of Henry Starr

    (Book by Slotkin, Richard)

  • Regeneration Through Violence, Mythology of the American Frontier
  • Gunfighter Nation: Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America, The
  • The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization, 1800–1890
  • Gunfighter Nation: The Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-century America by Richard Slotkin (1-Dec-1993) Paperback
  • Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600–1860
  • The Fatal Environment: The Myth of the Frontier in the Age of Industrialization 1800-1890 by Richard Slotkin (1994-09-03)
  • Gunfighter Nation: Myth of the Frontier in Twentieth-Century America, The by Richard Slotkin (1998-04-15)
  • Regeneration Through Violence: The Mythology of the American Frontier, 1600??860 by Richard Slotkin (2000-04-15)

Membership

Fellow Society American Historians. Member Modern Language Association, American Association of University Professors, Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, American Film Institute, American Studies Association (Mary Turpie prize for teaching and program-building 1995), American History Association, Organisation American Historians, Authors Guild.

Connections

Married Iris F. Shupack, June 23,1963. 1 child, Joel Elliot.

Father:

Herman Slotkin

Mother:

Roselyn B. Slotkin

Spouse:

Iris F. Shupack

child:

Joel Elliot Slotkin