Elwyn Brooks [E. B.] White - (1899-1985)
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I. Biography
Elwyn Brooks White was born on July 11, 1899, in Mt. Vernon, NY. He served in the Army as a private until 1918, and then went to Cornell University until 1921. He then worked as a reporter for the United Press, the
Seattle Times, and the American Legion News Service, between his graduation and 1924. In 1924, White returned to NY to work as a production assistant and advertising
copywriter. In 1925, White's first essay was published in the New Yorker. He married Katherine Sergeant Angell in 1927 who was also an author. Together they published A Subtreasury of American Humour
. They had one son. In 1939 he and his wife moved to North Brooklin, Maine. Between 1938 and 1943 he wrote for the column 'One Man's Meat' for Harper's magazine. During this time he continued to
work for the New Yorker. In 1942 his essays from Harper's Magazine were published. Elwyn Brooks White died on October 1, 1985, in North Brooklin, Maine of Alzheimer disease.
Most of the works of E. B. White were written in New York State, or in Maine. II. Literary Works The Lady Is Cold, 1928 III. White once wrote, to a reader of Charlotte's Web
"All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love White explains to Lee Bennett Hopkins in More Books by More People… "I like animals
and my barn is a very pleasant place to be. . . . One day when I was on my way to feed the pig, I began feeling sorry for the pig because, like most pigs, he was doomed to die. This
made me sad. So I started thinking of ways to save a pig's life. I had been watching a big, gray spider at work and was impressed by how clever she was at weaving. Gradually I
worked the spider into the story,. . . .a story of friendship and salvation on a farm." IV. Bibliography Linner,Rachelle The E. B. White Home Page
(April 7, 2000) (Accessed) June 7, 2000
Is Sex Necessary? 1929 (Collaboration With James Thurber )
Ho-Hum: Newsbreaks From The New Yorker, 1931
Another Ho-Hum 1932
Every Day Is Saturday, 1934
The Fox Of Peapack 1938
Quo Vadimus, 1939
A Subtreasury Of American Humour 1941 (Ed. With Katherine Sergeant Angell)
One Man's Meat 1942
Stuart Little 1945
The Wild Flag 1946
Here Is New York 1949
Charlotte's Web 1952
The Second Tree From The Corner 1954
The Elements Of Style 1959 (With W. Strunk, Jr.)
The Points Of My Compass 1962
E.B. White Reader 1966
The Trumpet Of The Swan, 1970
Letters Of E.B. White 1976, Ed. By D.L. Guth
Essays Of E.B. White 1977
Poems And Sketches Of E.B. White, 1981
Writings From The New Yorker 1925-76, 1990
the world. I guess you can find that in there, if you dig around."
E(lwyn) B(rooks) White (1899-1985) (Accessed) June 7, 2000
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F. McNulty, "Children's Books for Christmas" New Yorker, 11/25/91, Vol. 67 Issue 40, p. 137, 12 p.
"Children's Books for Christmas," F. McNulty, New Yorker11/25/91, Vol. 67 Issue 40, p.
This essay was submitted by a student of Marylin Dykens, a teacher at Rome Free Academy in Rome, New York.