Background
Pitkin, Walter Boughton was born on February 6, 1878 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Son of Caleb S. and Lucy T. (Boughton) Pitkin.
Pitkin, Walter Boughton was born on February 6, 1878 in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Son of Caleb S. and Lucy T. (Boughton) Pitkin.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1900. Graduate study Sorbonne, Paris, University of Berlin, University of Munich, Hartford (Connecticut) Treol. Seminary, 1900-1905.
Member editorial staff New York Tribune, 1907-1908, Evening Post, 1909-1910, Parents’ Magazine, 1927-1930. American managing editor Encyclopedia Britannica, 1927-1928. Story supervisor Universal Pictures Company 1929.
Editorial director Farm Journal 1935-1938.
Consultant psychologist, adviser on teaching methods. Author: The Art and Business of the Short Story, 1913.
Must We Fight Japan?, 1920. How to Write Stories, 1922.
Seeing America—Farm and Field (with Harold Hughes), 1924.
Seeing America—Mill and Factory (with Harold Hughes), 1926. The Twilight of the American Mind, 1928. The Art of Rapid Reading, 1929.
The Psychology of Happiness, 1929.
The Young Citizen, 1929. The Art of Sound Picturs (with William M. Marston), 1930.
The Psychology of Achievement, 1930. Vocational Studies in Journalism, 1931.
The Art of Learning, 1931.
How We Learn, 1931. Short Introduction to History of Human Stupidity, 1932. Life Begins At Forty, 1932.
The Consumer—His Nature and His Changing Habits, 1932.
More Power To You, 1933. The Chance of a lifetime, 1934. Take lieutenant Easy!, 1935; Let’s Get What We Want, 1935.
Capitalism Carries On, 1935.
Careers After Forty, 1937. Making Good Before Forty, 1939.
Seeing Our Country (with Harold F. Hughes), 1939. The Art of Useful Writing, 1940.
Escape from Fear, 1940.
On My Own, 1944. The Best Years, 1946. Road to a Richer Life, 1949.
Editor and contributor: The New Realism, 1913.
As We Are, 1923. Home: Los Altos, California
Author: The Art and Business of the Short Story, 1913. Must We Fight Japan?, 1920. How to Write Stories, 1922.
Seeing America—Farm and Field (with Harold Hughes), 1924. Seeing America—Mill and Factory (with Harold Hughes), 1926. The Twilight of the American Mind, 1928.
The Art of Rapid Reading, 1929. The Psychology of Happiness, 1929. The Young Citizen, 1929.
The Art of Sound Picturs (with William M. Marston), 1930. The Psychology of Achievement, 1930. Vocational Studies in Journalism, 1931.
The Art of Learning, 1931. How We Learn, 1931
Short Introduction to History of Human Stupidity, 1932. Life Begins At Forty, 1932.
The Consumer—His Nature and His Changing Habits, 1932. More Power To You, 1933. The Chance of a lifetime, 1934.
Take It Easy!, 1935
Let’s Get What We Want, 1935. Capitalism Carries On, 1935. Careers After Forty, 1937.
Making Good Before Forty, 1939. Seeing Our Country (with Harold F. Hughes), 1939. The Art of Useful Writing, 1940.
Escape from Fear, 1940. On My Own, 1944
The Best Years, 1946. Road to a Richer Life, 1949.
Editor and contributor: The New Realism, 1913. As We Are, 1923.
Member editorial staff New York Tribune, 1907-1908, Evening Post, 1909-1910, Parents’ Magazine, 1927-1930.
Married Mary B. Gray, 1903. Married second, Katharine B. Johnson. Children: Richard Gray, John Gray, David Bartholomew, Robert Bolter, Walter Boughton.