Burman, Ben Lucien, 1895-1984
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Name (Hebrew)
בורמן, בן לוסין, 1895-1984
Name (Latin)
Burman, Ben Lucien, 1895-1984
Other forms of name
Burman, Ben Lucien, 1896-1984
nnaa Burman, Ben Lucien, 1895-
בורמן, בן לוסין
Date of birth
1896
Date of death
1984
Associated country
United States
Occupation
Authors
Journalists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Language
English
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- His Mississippi, 1929.
- High treason at Catfish Bend, c1977:
- LC manual auth. cd.
- NUCMC data from Boston Univ., Dept. of Special Collections for Ben Lucien Burman collection, 1963-1967
- Tulane Univ., Library, Dept. of Special Coll., WWW home page, Feb. 11, 2002
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Wikipedia description:
Ben Lucien Burman (December 12, 1895 – November 12, 1984) was an American author and journalist born in Covington, Kentucky. He also fought in both World War I and World War II, and graduated from Harvard University. He was married to Alice Caddy who illustrated many of his children's books, including his most popular books, the Catfish Bend series, which became popular with both children and adults. The series, set in Catfish Bend, Mississippi, tells a tale of the many animal residents of Catfish Bend. It was published in eleven languages. Burman died from a stroke at the age of 88.
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