Forrest Wilson
Robert Forrest Wilson (January 20, 1883 in Warren, Ohio – May 9, 1942 in Weston, Connecticut)[1][2] was an American author and journalist. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography in 1942 for his biography of Harriet Beecher Stowe, Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe (Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1941).[3]
Wilson was born in Warren, Ohio.[1] During the First World War he served as a captain with the US Army Chemical Warfare Service, and later (1923-1927) as Assistant Secretary of War charged with gathering historical data on the conflict, much of formed the basis of several co-authored works about mobilization.
After the war, in common with tens of thousands of Americans he moved to Paris and lived there for some years, a period which he details in his book Paris On Parade[4]
Wilson died shortly after receiving the 1942 Pulitzer Prize.
Published Works
- The Living Pageant of the Nile, Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1921
- The Road to France: the transportation of troops and military supplies 1917-1918, 1921
- Demobilization, Yale University Press, New Haven, 1921 (with Benedict Cowell)
- Paris on Parade, Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1924
- How to Wine and Dine in Paris, Bobbs Merrill, Indianapolis, 1930
- Crusader in Crinoline: The Life of Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1941
- The Giant Hand: Our Mobilization and Control of Industry and Natural Resources 1917-1918 (with Benedict Crowell), Yale University Press, New Haven, 1921
See also
Biography portal
References
- 1 2 "Forrest Wilson, Wrote Prize Book". The New York Times. May 11, 1942. p. 15. Retrieved August 30, 2012. (subscription required)
- ↑ Elizabeth A. Brennan; Elizabeth C. Clarage (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 20–21. ISBN 978-1-57356-111-2. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ↑ books.google.com
- ↑ Wilson, Robert Forrest, Paris On Parade, Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis, 1924
External links
- Robert Forrest Wilson at Library of Congress Authorities, with 13 catalog records