Powell, E. Alexander (Edward Alexander), 1879-

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Birth 1879-08-16
Death 1957-11-13

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Author. Died 1957.

From the description of E. Alexander Powell papers, 1893-1957. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71010081

E. Alexander Powell (1879-1957) was an American adventurer, writer and foreign correspondent, author of more than thirty books on travel and adventure. A graduate of Syracuse University and Oberlin College, he served in the American consular service, and with the American Expeditionary Forces during World War I. According to his obituary, over the course of his career he was "[h]eld up by bandits, challenged to a duel, pok[ed] into insurrection in Crete, witness[ed] the eruption of Vesuvius, and hobnobb[ed] with national leaders" but "progressed steadily around the world, surviving all disasters and busily producing copy for English and American publications."

From the guide to the E. Alexander Powell Letter, 1915, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

Biographical Note

1879, Aug. 16 Born, Syracuse, N.Y. 1898 1899 Worked for Syracuse Journal 1902 Became editor of Craftsman 1903 1904 Advertising manager, Smith Premier Typewriter Company, London, England 1905 1906 Served in Near East as a correspondent for British and American publications 1906 1909 Consular official in Syria and Egypt 1912 Published The Last Frontier. New York, C. Scribner's Sons 1913 1955 Traveled in Europe and Mexico Published books on World War I and on travel and adventure, including Brothers in Arms, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Co. (1917); Fighting in Flanders, New York, C. Scribner's Sons (1914); Thunder Over Europe, New York, I. Wishburn (1931) 1957, Nov. 14 Died, Falls Village, Conn.

From the guide to the E. Alexander Powell Papers, 1893-1957, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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  • Foreign correspondents
  • Military history
  • Journalism
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  • Travel writing
  • Voyages and travels
  • World War, 1914-1918

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