James Cloyd Bowman (January 18, 1880 – September 27, 1961) was an American teacher and writer primarily of children's books, college text books and journals. Born in
Leipsic, Ohio
Leipsic is a village in Putnam County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,093 at the 2010 census.
History
Leipsic was platted in 1857. The name is a variant spelling of Leipzig, one of the largest cities in eastern Germany.
Two buildin ...
. Bowman grew up in Ohio and attended
Ohio Northern University
Ohio Northern University (Ohio Northern or ONU) is a private United Methodist Church–affiliated university in Ada, Ohio. Founded by Henry Solomon Lehr in 1871, ONU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It offers over 60 programs to ...
(B.S. 1905) with graduate studies at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...
(A.M. 1910). He taught English at
Iowa State College
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
(now
Iowa State University of Science and Technology
Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the n ...
), and then at Northern State Teachers College (now
Northern Michigan University
Northern Michigan University (Northern Michigan, Northern or NMU) is a public university in Marquette, Michigan. It was established in 1899 by the Michigan Legislature as Northern State Normal School. In 1963, the state designated Northern a uni ...
) at Marquette, MI, where he was chair of the English department from 1921 to 1939.
Bowman received a
Newbery Honor
Newbery is a surname.
People
*Chantelle Newbery (born 1977), Australian Olympic diver
*David Newbery (born 1943), British economist
*Eduardo Newbery (1878–1908), Argentine odontologist and aerostat pilot
*Francis Newbery (disambiguation), seve ...
in 1938 for ''Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time'' about the
"legend" of
Pecos Bill
Pecos Bill is a fictional cowboy and folk hero in stories set during American westward expansion into the Southwest of Texas, New Mexico, Southern California, and Arizona. These narratives were invented as short stories in a book by Tex O'Reill ...
. In 1958 ''Pecos Bill'' won the
Lewis Carroll Shelf Award
The Lewis Carroll Shelf Award was an American literary award conferred on several books annually by the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education annually from 1958 to 1979. Award-winning books were deemed to "belong on the same shelf" ...
.
Works
Adult
*''Into the Depths'', University Press, 1905.
*''The Gift of White Roses'', 3rd revised edition, Pilgrim Press, 1914.
*''Essays for College English'', Heath, first series, 1915, second series, 1918. Editor with Louis I. Bredvold.
*''The Promise of Country Life'' (short stories), Heath, 1916. As editor.
*''An Inland Voyage and Travels with a Donkey'' (by Robert Louis Stevenson), Allyn and Bacon, 1918 and 1922. Editor.
*''On the Des Moines'' (poems), Cornhill, 1921.
*''Composition and Selected Essays for Normal Schools and Colleges'', Harcourt, 1923. With J. Lawrence Eason.
*''Contemporary American Criticism'', Henry Holt, 1926. Editor.
Juvenile
*''The Knight of the Chinese Dragon'', Pfeifer Press, 1913.
*''The Adventures of
Paul Bunyan
Paul Bunyan is a giant lumberjack and folk hero in American and Canadian folklore. His exploits revolve around the tall tales of his superhuman labors, and he is customarily accompanied by Babe the Blue Ox. The character originated in the or ...
'', Century, 1927.
*''Tales From a Finnish Tupa'' (folk tales), translated by Aili Kolehmainen, Whitman, 1936 (published in England as ''Tales From a Finnish Fireside'', Chatto & Windus, 1975). Compiler with Margery Bianco.
*''Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time'', Whitman 1937, reprinted 1972, reprinted 2007 ()
*''Mystery Mountain'', Whitman, 1940. A collaboration with Bowman's daughter and her playmates.
*''Winabojo: Master of Life'', Whitman, 1941.
*''John Henry: The Rambling Black Ulysses'', Whitman, 1942.
*''Mike Fink: Snapping Turtle of the O-hi-o-o, Snag of the Mas-sa-sip'', Little, Brown, 1957.
*''Seven Silly Wise Men'' (excerpts from ''Tales From a Finnish Tupa''), Whitman, 1965. With Margery Bianco.
*''Who Was Tricked?'' (excerpts from ''Tales From a Finnish Tupa''), Whitman, 1966. With Margery Bianco.
Sources
Bowman, James Cloyd (2006). In ''Britannica Student Encyclopedia''. Retrieved October 31, 2006, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online.
*''Contemporary Authors Online'', Gale, 2006. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich.: Thomson Gale. 2006.
subscription, Document Number: H1000010956.
*James Cloyd Bowman (1915)
''Essays for College English'' via
Google Books
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1880 births
1961 deaths
20th-century American writers
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20th-century American educators
American children's writers
Newbery Honor winners
Ohio Northern University alumni
Harvard University alumni
Iowa State University faculty
Northern Michigan University faculty
People from Leipsic, Ohio
Pecos Bill
Writers from Ohio
American textbook writers