Kenneth Silverman
Encyclopedia
Kenneth Silverman is a professor emeritus at New York University
and a Pulitzer Prize
-winning biographer. Silverman was born in Manhattan
in 1936.
New York University
New York University is a private, nonsectarian research university based in New York City. NYU's main campus is situated in the Greenwich Village section of Manhattan...
and a Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning biographer. Silverman was born in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
in 1936.
Books
- The Life and Times of Cotton MatherCotton MatherCotton Mather, FRS was a socially and politically influential New England Puritan minister, prolific author and pamphleteer; he is often remembered for his role in the Salem witch trials...
New York : Harper & Row, 1984. (1984 - winner of the Pulitzer Prize for BiographyPulitzer Prize for Biography or AutobiographyThe Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography has been presented since 1917 for a distinguished biography or autobiography by an American author.-1910s:* 1917: Julia Ward Howe by Laura E...
as well as the Bancroft PrizeBancroft PrizeThe Bancroft Prize is awarded each year by the trustees of Columbia University for books about diplomacy or the history of the Americas. It was established in 1948 by a bequest from Frederic Bancroft...
in American History) ISBN 9781566492065, ISBN 1566492068. - A Cultural History of the American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionThe American Revolution was the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break free from the British Empire, combining to become the United States of America...
(Random House, 1986) ISBN 9780375401282. - Edgar A. PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe was an American author, poet, editor and literary critic, considered part of the American Romantic Movement. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective...
: Mournful and Never-ending Remembrance (New York: Harper Collins, 1991) ISBN 0-06-016715-7. - HoudiniHarry HoudiniHarry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts...
!!! The Career of Ehrich Weiss (1997) ISBN 006092862X - Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel B. MorseSamuel F. B. MorseSamuel Finley Breese Morse was an American contributor to the invention of a single-wire telegraph system based on European telegraphs, co-inventor of the Morse code, and an accomplished painter.-Birth and education:...
(Random House, 2003) ISBN 9780375401282.
External links
- Article "Biography and Pseudobiography" by Kenneth Silverman
- Interview in the Washington Post regarding new suggestions about Harry Houdini's cause of death.