Croswell Bowen - A Writer''s Life, a Daughter''s Portrait

A daughter's quest to find her father through his work at the intersections of journalism, democracy, and liberalism. Bowen believed telling the right stories with the right words could create a better world. While advancing causes he believed in and lending a voice to the less fortunate, he struggled to provide for his family. Although he made mistakes, his daughter celebrates his ability, even in failure, to maintain bold moral integrity.

List of contents

List of Illustrations
Prologue
1. Skull and Bones, Paris, and the Crash of 1929
2. Several Reversals of Fortune, All in a Row
3. Greenwich Village Years
4. Bowen’s New Deal
5. Bowen’s Short War
6. The Long War on the Home Front
7. Ahab in Seersucker
8. The Fifties and Its Discontents
9. A Darkness That Would Not Lift
10. A Writer Attends to His Soul
Acknowledgments
A Note on Sources

About the author

BETSY CONNOR BOWEN has worked as a community organizer, elementary school teacher, college instructor and assistant professor, securities analyst, journalist, and filmmaker. She is the author of a young adult novella, Spring Bear, and the editor of her father's World War II memoir, Back from Tobruk (Potomac Books, 2012).

Summary

A daughter's quest to find her father through his work at the intersections of journalism, democracy, and liberalism. Bowen believed telling the right stories with the right words could create a better world. While advancing causes he believed in and lending a voice to the less fortunate, he struggled to provide for his family.

Product details

Authors	Betsy Connor Bowen, Betsy C Bowen, Betsy C. Bowen, Betsy Connor Bowen, Betsy Connor Bowen
Publisher	Potomac Books Inc
Languages	English
Product format	Hardback
Released	15.09.2014
EAN	9781612345581
ISBN	978-1-61234-558-1
No. of pages	288
Subjects	Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism

Product details

• Authors: Betsy Connor Bowen, Betsy C Bowen, Betsy C. Bowen, Betsy Connor Bowen, Betsy Connor Bowen
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9781612345581
• ISBN: 978-1-61234-558-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Journalism