Boyd, James, 1888-1944

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Birth 1888-07-02
Death 1944-02-25

Biographical notes:

James Boyd (1888-1944) was an American author and journalist.

From the description of James Boyd papers, 1906-1952 ; 1964-1969. WorldCat record id: 26319687

American novelist.

From the description of Letter : Southern Pines, N. C., to [John Stuart] Groves, 1933 Nov. 21. (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 122648372

American novelist Boyd graduated from Princeton in 1910 and served in World War I. He used his experience of war in his writing.

From the description of James Boyd papers, 1925-[1944] (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 177444038

1888 James Boyd born in Harrisburg, Pa., on 2 July. 1910 Received undergraduate degree from Princeton. 1910 1912 At Trinity College in Cambridge. 1912 Became an English/French teacher at Harrisburg Academy. 1914 1916 Convalesced in Southern Pines, N.C., from a recurrent illness. Fall 1916 Served on the editorial staff of Country Life in America. 1917 Married to Katharine Lamont of Millbrook, N.Y. 1917 1918 Served on the volunteer staff of the Red Cross. June 1918 June 1919 Served as Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Ambulance Service. 1919 Settled in Southern Pines, N.C. to begin career as a writer. 1925 Drums, historical novel about the American Revolution, published. 1927 Marching On, about the Civil War, published. 1927 1928 Served as president of North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. 1930 Long Hunt, about the long hunters on the trans-Appalachian frontier, published. 1935 Roll River, about a Pennsylvania farm family, published. 1939 Boyd's last novel, Bitter Creek, set in the Wyoming cattle country, published. 1938 Awarded honorary degree by the University of North Carolina. 1940 Organized and served as national chairman of the Free Company Players, a group American writers, producers, and broadcasters who presented radio programs on the ideas of the free world. 1941 Purchased and became editor of The Pilot, a nearly defunct conservative weekly newspaper, which under Boyd's leadership became a progressive regional newspaper repeatedly honored for its excellence in the North Carolina Press Association. 1944 Suffered a fatal cerebral attack while attending a seminar at Princeton University on 25 February.

From the guide to the James Boyd Papers, 1906-1953, 1964-1969, (Southern Historical Collection)

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  • American literature
  • American literature
  • Authors, American
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  • Authors, American
  • American fiction
  • Novelists, American
  • College students
  • College students
  • Frontier and pioneer life
  • Radio in propaganda
  • World War, 1914-1918
  • World War, 1939-1945

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  • Novelists, American

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