Kenneth Silverman
Kenneth Silverman (born on February 5, 1936 in Manhattan, New York)[1] is a professor emeritus of English at New York University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. He was educated at Columbia University.
He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received the Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America, and the Christopher Literary Award of the Society of American Magicians.[2]
Books
- As Editor, Colonial American Poetry (Hafner Publishing Company, 1968)
- Timothy Dwight (New York: Twayne, 1969)
- A Cultural History of the American Revolution (Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1976) ISBN 978-0-375-40128-2.[3]
- The Life and Times of Cotton Mather New York: Harper & Row, 1984. (1985 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography, 1985 Bancroft Prize in American History) ISBN 978-1-56649-206-5, ISBN 1-56649-206-8.[4]
- Edgar A. Poe: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance (New York: Harper Collins, 1991) ISBN 0-06-016715-7.[5]
- Houdini!!! The Career of Erich Weiss, American Self-Liberator, Europe's Eclipsing Sensation, World's Handcuff King and Prison Breaker - Nothing on Earth Can Hold Houdini a Prisoner!!! (1997) ISBN 0-06-092862-X[6]
- Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel B. Morse (Random House, 2003) ISBN 978-0-375-40128-2.[7]
- Begin Again: A Biography of John Cage (Knopf, 2010), ISBN 978-1-4000-4437-5)[8]
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- Complete list
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