Joan D. Hedrick
Joan D. Hedrick | |
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| Born | Joan Doran |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Charles A. Dana Professor of History, Emerita |
| Spouse | Travis Hedrick |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Brown University |
| Thesis | The True American : Henry Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, "Prufrock", and Others (1974) |
Joan Doran Hedrick (born May 1, 1944) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian and biographer of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Jack London.[1]
Early life and career
[edit]Hedrick was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Paul Thomas Doran and Jane Connorton Doran.[2]
She earned an A.B. degree from Vassar College in 1966, and a Ph.D. from Brown University in 1974. Her Ph.D. dissertation at Brown was titled "The True American: Henry Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, 'Prufrock', and Others".[3] She taught at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut from 1972 through 1980 and in 1980 began teaching at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Works
[edit]In 1982, Hedrick's first book, Solitary Comrade: Jack London and His Work, was published by the University of North Carolina Press. Her book Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life was published in 1994 by Oxford University Press and won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography.[4] The book received favorable reviews from The New York Times[5] and Publishers Weekly.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life, by Joan D. Hedrick (Oxford University Press)". Pulitzer.org. Retrieved 5 August 2018.
- ^ Brennan, Elizabeth A.; Clarage, Elizabeth (1999). Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx Press. pp. 50–51. ISBN 1573561118. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
- ^ The True American: Henry Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, "Prufrock", and Others. OCLC. OCLC 2407951.
- ^ McClurg, Jocelyn (April 19, 1995). "Trinity College Professor Wins Pulitzer". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 5, 2018.
- ^ Jefferson, Margo. "Books of The Times; An Author's Life Reflects 19th-Century America". Retrieved 2018-11-06.
- ^ "Nonfiction Book Review: Harriet Beecher Stowe: A Life by Joan D. Hedrick, Author Oxford University Press, USA $35 (544p) ISBN 978-0-19-506639-5". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
External links
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