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J. E. Morpurgo (1918–2000)

Author of A History of the United States 1: The Birth of the U.S.A

18+ Works 263 Members

About the Author

Includes the names: Editor Morpurgo, Ed. J E Morpurgo, Jack E. Morpurgo, Jack Eric Morpurgo, J.E. Morpurgo (Ed. ), Edited By J. E. Morpurgo

Image credit: Cropped scan of back cover of Penguin No.677. Photo attributed to Robin Adler

Series

Pelican: A History of the United States

Works by J. E. Morpurgo

A History of the United States 1: The Birth of the U.S.A (1970) 49 copies

A History of the United States 2: The Growth of the U.S.A. (1970) 47 copies

The autobiography of Leigh Hunt (1987) — Editor, some editions; Editor — 41 copies

Life of Barnes Wallis (1972) 40 copies

Charles Lamb and Elia (1948) — Editor — 26 copies

Allen Lane, King Penguin: A biography (1979) 14 copies

Their Majesties' Royall Colledge: William and Mary in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (1976) 10 copies

Treason at West Point: The Arnold-Andre Conspiracy (1975) 9 copies

A history of the United States (1981) 8 copies

Penguin Parade Second Series 2 (1948) — Editor — 5 copies

Penguin Parade. Second Series Number 1. Edited by J.E. Morpurgo (1947) 4 copies

Venedig (1964) 3 copies

Penguin Parade Second Series 3 (1948) 2 copies

The Penguin book of Keats 1 copy

In Honour of Edmund Blunden (1997) 1 copy

The road to Athens 1 copy

The Humorous Verses of Lewis Carroll 1 copy

The Penguin Poets, John Keats 1 copy

Associated Works

The Return of Mr. Campion (1989) — Editor, some editions — 237 copies, 1 review

A history of New Zealand (1959) — Editorial Foreword, some editions — 183 copies, 1 review

The Recollections of the Last Days of Shelley and Byron (1960) — Editor, some editions — 106 copies, 2 reviews

Keats : Selected Poems (1985) — Compiler — 63 copies

Cobbett's America (1985) — Editor — 43 copies

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Morpurgo, Jack Eric
Birthdate: 1918-04-26
Date of death: 2000
Gender: male
Education: Christ's Hospital
College of William and Mary
Occupations: professor
biographer
non-fiction writer
Editor of Penguin Parade
Organizations: University of Leeds
National Book League (Director-General)
Nationality: England
UK
Places of residence: London, England, UK
Associated Place (for map): England, UK

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Lists

Trinity College Booklist (1951): Class Six, Biography (1)

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Statistics

Works: 18
Also by: 5
Members: 263
Popularity: #87,566
Rating: ½ 3.4

ISBNs: 15

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J. E. Morpurgo papers (College of William and Mary)

Telegraph obituary

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