"Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man is a novel by Siegfried Sassoon, first published in 1928 by Faber and Faber. It won both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, being immediately recognised as a classic of English literature. In the years since its first appearance, it has regularly been a set text for British schoolchildren. Prior to its publication, Siegfried Sassoon's reputation rested entirely on his poetry, mostly written during and about World War I. Only ten years after the war ended, after some experience of journalism, did he feel ready to"
"branch out into prose. So uncertain was he of the wisdom of this move that he elected to publish ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"" anonymously. It is a depiction of his early years presented in the form of an autobiographical novel, with false names being given to the central characters, including Sassoon himself, who appears as ""George Sherston"". Sassoon was motivated to write the work by a war incident, when a fox was loose in the trenches and one of his friends shot and killed it. However, the book draws heavily on his pre-war life, with riding and hunting being"
"""The Memoirs of George Sherston"", in 1937. Sherston trilogy The Sherston trilogy is a series of books by the English poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon, consisting of ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"", ""Memoirs of an Infantry Officer"", and ""Sherston's Progress"". They are named after the protagonist, George Sherston; a young Englishman of the upper middle-class, living immediately before and during the First World War. The books are, in fact, 'fictionalised autobiography', wherein the only truly fictional things are the names of the characters. Sassoon himself is represented by Sherston. A comparison of the Sherston memoirs to Sassoon's later, undiluted autobiographical"
"poems, ""At the Grave of Henry Vaughan"". The deaths within a short space of time of three of his closest friends – Edmund Gosse, Thomas Hardy and Frankie Schuster – came as another serious setback to his personal happiness. At the same time, Sassoon was preparing to take a new direction. While in America, he had experimented with a novel. In 1928, he branched out into prose, with ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"", the anonymously-published first volume of a fictionalised autobiography, which was almost immediately accepted as a classic, bringing its author new fame as a humorous writer. The book"
"Alec John Dawson Alec John Dawson (1872 - 3 February 1951), generally known as A. J. Dawson (pseudonyms Major Dawson, Howard Kerr, Nicholas Freydon) was an English author, traveller and novelist. During World War I he attained the rank of Major, and was awarded the MBE and Croix de Guerre in recognition of his work as a military propagandist. Dawson published over thirty books, the one best remembered today probably being the animal adventure story ""Finn the Wolfhound"" (1908). Dawson was born in Wandsworth, England, the third son of Edward (1839-1906)and Sarah Ann Dawson née Hill (1843-1911). His father worked"
"Sherston trilogy The Sherston trilogy is a series of books by the English poet and novelist, Siegfried Sassoon, consisting of ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"", ""Memoirs of an Infantry Officer"", and ""Sherston's Progress"". They are named after the protagonist, George Sherston; a young Englishman of the upper middle-class, living immediately before and during the First World War. The books are, in fact, 'fictionalised autobiography', wherein the only truly fictional things are the names of the characters. Sassoon himself is represented by Sherston. A comparison of the Sherston memoirs to Sassoon's later, undiluted autobiographical trilogy (""The Old Century"", ""The Weald of"
"scene engravings by Edward Stabler [1794-1883].) Meshach Browning Meshach Browning (1781, Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland - 19 November 1859, Garrett County, Maryland) was an early backwoodsman, hunter and explorer of the watersheds of the North Branch Potomac and Youghiogheny Rivers. His memoir is ""Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter"" (1859). He has been celebrated as Maryland's most famous frontier hunter. Browning's memoir of his ""hunting-fever"" years (1795–1839) and other activities was originally penned with a turkey quill. Half backwoods history, half heroic adventure story, it recounts his hunting expeditions and life-threatening encounters while stalking game and records details"
"Meshach Browning Meshach Browning (1781, Damascus, Montgomery County, Maryland - 19 November 1859, Garrett County, Maryland) was an early backwoodsman, hunter and explorer of the watersheds of the North Branch Potomac and Youghiogheny Rivers. His memoir is ""Forty-Four Years of the Life of a Hunter"" (1859). He has been celebrated as Maryland's most famous frontier hunter. Browning's memoir of his ""hunting-fever"" years (1795–1839) and other activities was originally penned with a turkey quill. Half backwoods history, half heroic adventure story, it recounts his hunting expeditions and life-threatening encounters while stalking game and records details of life in early frontier America,"
"was no other Faber involved. T. S. Eliot, who had been suggested to Faber by Charles Whibley, had left Lloyds Bank in London to join Faber as a literary adviser; in the first season, the firm issued his ""Poems 1909–1925"". In addition, the catalogues from the early years included books by Ezra Pound, Jean Cocteau, Herbert Read, Max Eastman, George Rylands, John Dover Wilson, Geoffrey Keynes, Forrest Reid, Charles Williams, and Vita Sackville-West. In 1928, Faber and Faber published its first commercial success, ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"". The book was at first published anonymously; the author's name, Siegfried Sassoon,"
"Youth"", and ""Siegfried's Journey"") shows their strict similarity, and it is generally accepted that all six books constitute a composite portrait of the author, and of his life as a young man. (Sassoon remarked, however, that his alter-ego personified only one-fifth of his actual personality. Unlike his author, Sherston has no poetic inclinations; nor does he deal with homosexuality - an act which was illegal at the time Sassoon was writing.) The Sherston trilogy won high acclaim, and ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"" took the Hawthornden Prize for Literature for 1928. The three books were printed together in one volume,"
"Guard during World War II and eventually died at his home in St Leonards-on-Sea on 3 February 1951. Alec John Dawson Alec John Dawson (1872 - 3 February 1951), generally known as A. J. Dawson (pseudonyms Major Dawson, Howard Kerr, Nicholas Freydon) was an English author, traveller and novelist. During World War I he attained the rank of Major, and was awarded the MBE and Croix de Guerre in recognition of his work as a military propagandist. Dawson published over thirty books, the one best remembered today probably being the animal adventure story ""Finn the Wolfhound"" (1908). Dawson was born"
"Manhunter (film) Manhunter is a 1986 American crime horror film based on the novel ""Red Dragon"" by Thomas Harris. Written and directed by Michael Mann, it stars William Petersen as FBI profiler Will Graham. Also featured are Tom Noonan as serial killer Francis Dollarhyde, Dennis Farina as Graham's FBI superior Jack Crawford, and Brian Cox as incarcerated killer Hannibal Lecktor. The film focuses on Graham coming out of retirement to lend his talents to an investigation on Dollarhyde, a killer known as the ""Tooth Fairy"". In doing so, he must confront the demons of his past and meet with Lecktor,"
"Maxwell Perkins William Maxwell Evarts ""Max"" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947), was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. Perkins was born on September 20, 1884, in New York City, to Elizabeth (Evarts) Perkins, a daughter of William M. Evarts, and Edward Clifford Perkins, a lawyer. He grew up in Plainfield, New Jersey, attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire and then graduated from Harvard College in 1907. Although an economics major in college, Perkins also studied under Charles Townsend Copeland, a literature professor who helped"
"Henry Melville Henry Saxelby Melville Wintle (1799 - 22 December 1873), commonly referred to as Henry Melville, was an Australian journalist, author, occultist, and Freemason best remembered for writing the play ""The Bushrangers"", his historical work ""The History of Van Diemen's Land From the Year 1824 to 1835"", and his occult philosophical work ""Veritas: Revelation of Mysteries, Biblical, Historical, and Social by Means of the Median and Persian Laws"". His life was dramatized in the 1882 Princess Theatre (Bendigo) production ""Found, or Found Drowned"". Very little is known about Melville's life before his arrival in Hobart, then known as Hobart"
"book ""Bushman and Buccaneer, a memoir of Harry Morant"" which became the seminal work for subsequent books, plays and the acclaimed film ""Breaker Morant"". While still working for the ""Bulletin"", Fox was appointed in 1907-09 first editor and manager of the magazine ""Lone Hand"", a monthly publication of literature and poetry. Fox published a volume of political essays, ""From the Old Dog"" (Melbourne), in 1908. He was a keen horseman; riding out regularly with his literary colleagues Andrew Banjo Paterson and Norman Lindsay. In spite of the latter describing him as an ""equine exhibitionist"", Lindsay most unusually paint an equestrian"
"Eliot Wigginton Eliot Wigginton (born Brooks Eliot Wigginton on November 9, 1942) is an American oral historian, folklorist, writer and former educator. He was most widely known for developing the Foxfire Project, a writing project that led to a magazine and the series of best-selling ""Foxfire"" books, twelve volumes in all. These were based on articles by high school students from Rabun County, Georgia. In 1986 he was named ""Georgia Teacher of the Year"" and in 1989 he was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship. Brooks Eliot Wigginton was born in West Virginia on November 9, 1942. His mother, Lucy Freelove Smith"
"ravaged by a storm and then ransacked by fishermen. Leicester Hemingway Leicester Clarence Hemingway (April 1, 1915 – September 13, 1982) was an American writer. He was the younger brother of writer Ernest Hemingway and wrote six books, including a first novel entitled ""The Sound of the Trumpet"" (1953), based on Leicester's experiences in France and Germany during World War II. In 1961, Leicester published ""My Brother, Ernest Hemingway"", a biography. The work was well-received and brought Leicester both recognition as a writer in his own right and significant financial rewards. With the capital from the work, Hemingway created the"
"John Fox Jr. John Fox Jr. (December 16, 1862 – July 8, 1919) was an American journalist, novelist, and short story writer. Born in Stony Point, Kentucky, to John William Fox Sr. and Minerva Worth Carr, Fox studied English at Harvard University. He graduated in 1883 before becoming a reporter in New York City. After working for both ""New York Times"" and the ""New York Sun"", he published a successful serialization of his first novel, ""A Mountain Europa"", in ""Century"" magazine in 1892. Two moderately successful short story collections followed, as well as his first conventional novel, ""The Kentuckians"" in"
"The Fox and the Hound (novel) The Fox and the Hound is a 1967 novel written by American novelist Daniel P. Mannix and illustrated by John Schoenherr. It follows the lives of Tod, a red fox raised by a human for the first year of his life, and Copper, a half-bloodhound dog owned by a local hunter, referred to as the Master. After Tod causes the death of the man's favorite hound, man and dog relentlessly hunt the fox, against the dual backdrops of a changing human world and Tod's normal life in hunting for food, seeking a mate, and"
"Frederick Exley Frederick Earl ""Fred"" Exley (March 28, 1929 – June 17, 1992) was an American writer best known as the author of the fictional memoir ""A Fan's Notes"". Exley was born (Frederic) March 28, 1929, in Watertown, New York. He was the third of four children, including a twin sister, Frances, born to Earl and Charlotte. His father, who died in 1945 when Exley was 16, was a celebrated former athlete and local basketball coach whose legacy would be a dominating influence on Exley's early life. A car accident the following year injured Exley and prevented him from graduating"
"George Ruxton George Frederick Ruxton (24 July 1821 – 29 August 1848) was a British explorer and travel writer. He was a lieutenant in the British Army, received a medal for gallantry from Queen Isabella II of Spain, was a hunter and explorer and published papers and books about his travels to Africa, Canada, Mexico and the United States. He observed the westward expansion of the United States in the 1840s during the period when the country's government was pursuing its policy of manifest destiny. He was the first author to write ""extensively"" of the mountain men of the Rocky"
"Helen Manning Helen Edith Vanderhoop Manning Murray (September 24, 1919 - January 25, 2008) was a Native American historian and author from the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe, known for her book ""Moshup's Footsteps"" published in 2000 and her work as the education director at the Tribe. While working at Fisk University, Manning met Joseph Murray due to the fact that he was attending dental school in the same area. Shortly after meeting, in July 1946 the two married and resided in Washington D.C. until 1953. At that time, Joseph was deployed to Korea as part of the army. After returning home"
"literature, notably the village cricket match which forms the centrepiece of A. G. Macdonell's minor classic ""England, Their England"" (1933). Another well-known example comes from the work of Siegfried Sassoon. In 1928, Sassoon, by then a famed war poet, published ""Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man"", the first volume of his George Sherston trilogy. The book, ostensibly a novel, is in effect a lyrical love-letter from the author to his vanished Edwardian childhood, set in the dreamy English countryside. The Butley flower show match is a classic evocation of cricket on the village green. Cricket played a role in the Lord"
"Frederick Forsyth Frederick McCarthy Forsyth, (born 25 August 1938) is an English author, journalist for the Daily Express, spy, and occasional political commentator. He is best known for thrillers such as ""The Day of the Jackal"", ""The Odessa File"", ""The Fourth Protocol"", ""The Dogs of War"", ""The Devil's Alternative"", ""The Fist of God"", ""Icon"", ""The Veteran"", ""Avenger"", ""The Afghan"", ""The Cobra"" and ""The Kill List"". Forsyth's works frequently appear on best-sellers lists and more than a dozen of his titles have been adapted to film. He has sold more than 70 million books in total. The son of a furrier,"
"Douglas Fairbairn Douglas Behl Fairbairn (December 20, 1926 – October 2, 1997) was an American author who mainly wrote about South Florida. His novels include ""A Man's World"" (1956), ""A Squirrel of One's Own"" (1971), ""Shoot"" (1973), ""A Squirrel Forever"" (1975), ""Street 8"" (1977) and his memoir, ""Down and Out in Cambridge"" (1982). His screen credits include the television episode ""A Man's World"" (based on his novel of the same title) for ""Studio One in Hollywood"", the episode ""The Voice of Charlie Pont"" on ""Alcoa Premiere"" (1962), and a full-length feature film from his novel ""Shoot"" (1976; adapted by Richard"
"Memoirs of an Invisible Man (film) Memoirs of an Invisible Man is a 1992 American comedy science fiction film directed by John Carpenter and starring Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean and Stephen Tobolowsky. The film is loosely based on ""Memoirs of an Invisible Man"", a 1987 novel by H.F. Saint. According to William Goldman's book ""Which Lie Did I Tell?"", the film was initially developed for director Ivan Reitman; however, this version never came to fruition, due to disagreements between Reitman and Chevy Chase. Nick Halloway (Chevy Chase) is a stock analyst who spends most of his"
"Alfred Lansing Alfred Lansing (July 21, 1921 – January 1, 1975) was an American journalist and writer, best known for his book ""Endurance"" (1959), an account of Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic explorations. Lansing was a native of Chicago, Illinois. After serving in the U.S. Navy from 1940–46, where he received a Purple Heart, he enrolled at North Park College and later at Northwestern University, where he majored in journalism. Until 1949 he edited a weekly newspaper in Illinois. Thereafter he joined the United Press and in 1952 became a freelance writer. Lansing is best known for his book ""Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible"
"John Paxton John Paxton (May 21, 1911, Kansas City, Missouri - January 5, 1985, Santa Monica, California) was an American screenwriter. He was married to Sarah Jane, who worked in public relations for 20th Century Fox. Some of his films include ""Murder, My Sweet"" in 1944, ""Cornered"" in 1945, ""Crossfire"" in 1947 (an adaptation of the controversial novel ""The Brick Foxhole"" that earned him his only Oscar nomination). He helped adapt the screenplay for the controversial movie ""The Wild One"" in 1953 starring Marlon Brando. Paxton's work twice received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture"
"Max Haines Max Haines (1931 — September 30, 2017) was a widely syndicated true crime columnist and author. Haines was born in Antigonish, Nova Scotia and attended Morrison High School there. He began researching murders from around the world, past and present, as a hobby. His ""Crime Flashback"" column made its debut in the ""Toronto Sun"" in 1972 with a column about Lizzie Borden. Over the next 35 years, he researched over 2,000 crimes and his ""Crime Flashback"" column was syndicated across Canada and in several Latin and South American countries. He also wrote 27 true crime books and a"
"to New Zealand Literature"" (1998). In 2010 and 2011, Hunter's ""Stuff O' Dreams"" was republished in America in various editions from digital files of the original 1919 text. Hunter's papers are held in the Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington. There is an unpublished autobiography, 'Odyssey of an Antipodean' [c.1950], in the Turnbull and there is an unpublished novel ""The Gull"" (though not held by the Turnbull). Rex Hunter Maurice Reginald (Rex) Hunter (5 January 1889 – 18 February 1960) was a New Zealand poet, playwright and fiction writer. He is best known for his work as a journalist in America (New"
"John Foxe John Foxe (1516/17 – 18 April 1587) was an English historian and martyrologist, the author of ""Actes and Monuments"" (popularly known as ""Foxe's Book of Martyrs""), an account of Christian martyrs throughout Western history, but emphasizing the sufferings of English Protestants and proto-Protestants from the 14th century through the reign of Mary I. Widely owned and read by English Puritans, the book helped to mould British popular opinion about the Catholic Church for several centuries. Foxe was born in Boston, in Lincolnshire, England, of a middlingly prominent family and seems to have been an unusually studious and devout"
"exploring his professional relationship with Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Perkins is portrayed by actor Malcolm McDowell. In the 2016 biographical drama film ""Genius"", based on A. Scott Berg's biography of the man, ""Max Perkins: Editor of Genius"", Perkins is portrayed by British actor Colin Firth. Maxwell Perkins William Maxwell Evarts ""Max"" Perkins (September 20, 1884 – June 17, 1947), was an American book editor, best remembered for discovering authors Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Thomas Wolfe. Perkins was born on September 20, 1884, in New York City, to Elizabeth (Evarts) Perkins, a daughter of William M. Evarts, and Edward Clifford"
"Leicester Hemingway Leicester Clarence Hemingway (April 1, 1915 – September 13, 1982) was an American writer. He was the younger brother of writer Ernest Hemingway and wrote six books, including a first novel entitled ""The Sound of the Trumpet"" (1953), based on Leicester's experiences in France and Germany during World War II. In 1961, Leicester published ""My Brother, Ernest Hemingway"", a biography. The work was well-received and brought Leicester both recognition as a writer in his own right and significant financial rewards. With the capital from the work, Hemingway created the micronation of New Atlantis on a barge off the"