George Shepard Chappell,
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(January 2, 1877 – November 25, 1946) was an American
architect
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,
parodist,
journalist
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(with the magazine ''
Vanity Fair'') and author. He is known as the author of numerous books, including a travel series parody published under the pseudonym Walter E. Traprock.
Biography
Chappell was born on January 2, 1877, in
New London
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, Connecticut. After attending private schools, he studied at
Yale University
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, where he contributed to campus humor magazine ''
The Yale Record
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''.
["George Shepard Chappell". ''Obituary Record of Graduates Of Yale University: Deceased During the Year 1946-1947''. New Haven: Yale University. January 1, 1948. p. 47.] After graduating in 1899, he went to
Paris
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to train in architecture at the
École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts
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. The school then promoted classical and European medieval styles.
After getting started in architecture, Chappell also wrote articles for ''
Vanity Fair''. Encouraged by friends, he wrote several humorous books during the 1920s and early 1930s. These included a series of travel parodies under the pseudonym of Walter E. Traprock.
He died on November 25, 1946, in
Bantam, Connecticut.
Bibliography
Books authored or coauthored by Chappell include:
* 1918 – ''An Architectural Monograph on Colonial Architecture in Vermont''. White Pine Bureau. (With Russell Fenimore).
* 1920 – ''High Society: Hints on How to Attain, Relish, and Survive It''.
G. P. Putnam: New York. (With
Dorothy Parker
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From a conflicted and unhap ...
. Illustrated by Fish).
* 1921 – ''The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas''. Putnam: New York. (As Walter E. Traprock).
* 1922 – ''My Northern Exposure: the Kawa at the Pole''. Putnam: New York. (As Walter E. Traprock).
* 1922 – ''Rollo in Society: a Guide for Youth''. Putnam: New York. (Illustrated by
Rockwell Kent
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as “William Hogarth Jr”).
* 1923 – ''Sarah of the Sahara: a Romance of Nomads Land''. New York: Putnam/
Knickerbocker Press
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History
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. (As Walter E. Traprock) (with staged photographs).
* 1924 – ''A Basket of Poses,'' Albert & Charles Boni: New York (As "William Hogarth Jr". Illustrated by Rockwell Kent).
* 1925 – ''The Restaurants of New York''. New York.
* 1926 – ''The Younger Married Set,'' Houghton Mifflin: Boston. (Text illustrations by
Gluyas Williams
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).
* 1930 – ''Through the Alimentary Canal with Gun and Camera, a Fascinating Trip to the Interior''. Stokes: New York. (Illustrated by
Otto Soglow
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).
* 1930 – ''The Saloon in the Home, or a Garland of Rumblossoms''. Coward-McCann: New York. (With Ridgely Hunt. Illustrated by
John Held, Jr.
John James Held Jr. (January 10, 1889 – March 2, 1958) was an American cartoonist, printmaker, illustrator, sculptor, and author. One of the best-known magazine illustrators of the 1920s, his most popular works were his uniquely styled ...
).
* 1931 – ''Dr Traprock's Memory Book; or, Aged in the Wood''. Putnam: New York.
* 1931 – ''The Gardener’s Friend and Other Pests''. Stokes: New York. (With Ridgely Hunt. Illustrated by H. W. Haenigsen).
* 1932 – ''Evil Through the Ages: An Outline in Indecency''. Stokes: New York. (Illustrated by Otto Soglow).
* 1933 – ''Shoal Water''. Putnam: New York.
See also
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Fatu-liva
References
Sources
alibris: ''The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas''* Katz, Alvin. (31 October 2001). "Humor in the 1920s," ''Notes of a Used and Out-of-Print Book Dealer'', 15
* Leverenz, Scott. (31 December 2005). Traprock.net: FA
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1877 births
1946 deaths
American magazine staff writers
American comedy writers
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19th-century American architects
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20th-century American architects