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

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. Bowman grew up in Ohio and attended

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(B.S. 1905) with graduate studies at

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(A.M. 1910). He taught English at

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(now

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), and then at Northern State Teachers College (now

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) at Marquette, MI, where he was chair of the English department from 1921 to 1939. Bowman received a

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in 1938 for ''Pecos Bill: The Greatest Cowboy of All Time'' about the "legend" of

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. In 1958 ''Pecos Bill'' won the

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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

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'', 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.
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, Document Number: H1000010956. *James Cloyd Bowman (1915)
''Essays for College English''
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