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Snow is the author of the 1981 novel, ''The Burning'', a fictionalized account of the [[Great Hinckley Fire|Hinckley, Minnesota, fire of 1894]]. His other works include ''The Funny Road'' (1975) and ''The Iron Road'' (1979), which was a [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]] Honor book in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbook.com/2011/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/past-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners-2 |title=Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners 1967-2013 |work=The Horn Book |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612015400/http://www.hbook.com/2011/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/past-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners-2 |archivedate=June 12, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
Snow is the author of the 1981 novel, ''The Burning'', a fictionalized account of the [[Great Hinckley Fire|Hinckley, Minnesota, fire of 1894]]. His other works include ''The Funny Road'' (1975) and ''The Iron Road'' (1979), which was a [[Boston Globe–Horn Book Award]] Honor book in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hbook.com/2011/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/past-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners-2 |title=Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners 1967-2013 |work=The Horn Book |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612015400/http://www.hbook.com/2011/05/news/boston-globe-horn-book-awards/past-boston-globe-horn-book-award-winners-2 |archivedate=June 12, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> |
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Snow graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1970 and began working at ''[[American Heritage Magazine]]''. |
Snow graduated from [[Columbia University]] in 1970 and began working at ''[[American Heritage Magazine]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bookshelf {{!}} Columbia College Today |url=https://www.college.columbia.edu/cct/archive/nov_dec10/bookshelf0 |access-date=2022-06-15 |website=www.college.columbia.edu}}</ref> Succeeding [[Byron Dobell]], he served as the editor from 1990 to 2007.<ref>Charles McGrath, "[https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/arts/17heri.html Magazine Suspends Its Run in History]", ''New York Times,'' May 17, 2007</ref> |
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After the magazine closed, he returned to writing full-time, penning ''A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II'', about America’s role in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] during World War II (Scribner, 2011) and ''I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford'', a biography of Henry Ford (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://richard-snow.com/bio/|title=Biography | Richard Snow|website=richard-snow.com}}</ref> In 2016, he published ''Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History'' which won that years [[Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navalorder.org/awards/2017/11/15/iron-dawn-by-richard-snow-2017-radm-samuel-eliot-morison-award-for-naval-literature |title=Iron Dawn by Richard Snow - 2017 RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature |publisher=[[Naval Order of the United States]]|author= |date=November 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 23, 2017}}</ref> In 2019 he published the story of Walt Disney's invention of the amusement park, ''Disney's Land''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/books/review/disneys-land-richard-snow-disneyland.html|title=Dreaming Up Disneyland (Published 2019)|first=Tom|last=Zoellner|date=November 25, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> |
After the magazine closed, he returned to writing full-time, penning ''A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II'', about America’s role in the [[Battle of the Atlantic]] during World War II (Scribner, 2011) and ''I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford'', a biography of Henry Ford (2014).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://richard-snow.com/bio/|title=Biography | Richard Snow|website=richard-snow.com}}</ref> In 2016, he published ''Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History'' which won that years [[Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navalorder.org/awards/2017/11/15/iron-dawn-by-richard-snow-2017-radm-samuel-eliot-morison-award-for-naval-literature |title=Iron Dawn by Richard Snow - 2017 RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature |publisher=[[Naval Order of the United States]]|author= |date=November 15, 2017 |accessdate=December 23, 2017}}</ref> In 2019 he published the story of [[Walt Disney]]'s invention of the amusement park, ''Disney's Land''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/25/books/review/disneys-land-richard-snow-disneyland.html|title=Dreaming Up Disneyland (Published 2019)|first=Tom|last=Zoellner|date=November 25, 2019|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 05:07, 15 June 2022
Richard F. Snow (born 1947) is an American historian and writer of novels and short stories.
Biography
[edit]Snow is the author of the 1981 novel, The Burning, a fictionalized account of the Hinckley, Minnesota, fire of 1894. His other works include The Funny Road (1975) and The Iron Road (1979), which was a Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Honor book in 1979.[1]
Snow graduated from Columbia University in 1970 and began working at American Heritage Magazine.[2] Succeeding Byron Dobell, he served as the editor from 1990 to 2007.[3]
After the magazine closed, he returned to writing full-time, penning A Measureless Peril: America in the Fight for the Atlantic, the Longest Battle of World War II, about America’s role in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War II (Scribner, 2011) and I Invented the Modern Age: The Rise of Henry Ford, a biography of Henry Ford (2014).[4] In 2016, he published Iron Dawn: The Monitor, the Merrimack, and the Civil War Sea Battle that Changed History which won that years Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature.[5] In 2019 he published the story of Walt Disney's invention of the amusement park, Disney's Land.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Past Boston Globe–Horn Book Award Winners 1967-2013". The Horn Book. Archived from the original on June 12, 2013.
- ^ "Bookshelf | Columbia College Today". www.college.columbia.edu. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
- ^ Charles McGrath, "Magazine Suspends Its Run in History", New York Times, May 17, 2007
- ^ "Biography | Richard Snow". richard-snow.com.
- ^ "Iron Dawn by Richard Snow - 2017 RADM Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature". Naval Order of the United States. November 15, 2017. Retrieved December 23, 2017.
- ^ Zoellner, Tom (November 25, 2019). "Dreaming Up Disneyland (Published 2019)" – via NYTimes.com.
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