George R. Stewart (1895–1980)

Author of Earth Abides

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George R. Stewart (1895-1980) was a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley — biography from Storm

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Works by George R. Stewart

Earth Abides 3,280 copies, 110 reviews

Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United… 517 copies, 12 reviews

Ordeal by Hunger: The Story of the Donner Party 411 copies, 8 reviews

To California by Covered Wagon 356 copies, 1 review

Storm 236 copies, 4 reviews

Pickett's Charge 235 copies, 2 reviews

Fire 103 copies, 1 review

The California Trail: An Epic With Many Heroes 96 copies, 1 review

American place-names; a concise and selective dictionary for the… 68 copies

American Given Names: Their Origin and History in the Context of the… 50 copies, 1 review

Names on the Globe 38 copies

U.S. 40: Cross Section of the United States of America (Author) 26 copies, 2 reviews

Committee of Vigilance: Revolution in San Francisco, 1851 22 copies

Donner Pass and those who crossed it; the story of the country made… 12 copies

East of the Giants 12 copies

American Ways of Life 11 copies

Not so rich as you think 11 copies

The year of the oath; the fight for academic freedom at the University of… 11 copies

The Years of the City 10 copies, 1 review

Man. An Autobiography 8 copies

Take your Bible in one hand; the life of William Henry Thomes, author of A… 7 copies

Sheep Rock 6 copies

N.A.1, LOOKING SOUTH 5 copies

Doctor's oral 5 copies

John Phoenix, Esq., the veritable Squibob : a life of Captain George H.… 4 copies, 1 review

N.A.1 Looking North: From the Canadian Border to Circle, Alaska [First… 4 copies

Unterwegs in die Welt von morgen (116): Leben ohne Ende - Störfaktor 4 copies

Bret Harte: Argonaut and Exile 3 copies

Good lives 2 copies

This California 2 copies

The Opening of the California Trail 2 copies

The technique of English verse 2 copies

The Ladies and gentlemen's letter-writer, and guide to polite… 1 copy

Diary of Patrick Breen 1 copy

La bianca dama della California 1 copy

A Little of Myself: oral history 1 copy

Donner Pass and those who crossed it; the story of the country made… 1 copy

"The Prairie Schooner Got Them There: Fortress, ambulance, amphibious home… 1 copy

A bibliography of the writings of Bret Harte in the magazines and… 1 copy

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A Sense of History: The Best Writing from the Pages of American Heritage (Contributor) 427 copies, 4 reviews

Reader's Digest Best of the West: A Treasury of Western Adventure Volume 1 9 copies

The New 20 Best Books From Reader's Digest 7 copies

Recollections of Old Times in California or, California Life in 1843 (Introduction) 3 copies

The Day After Doomsday 2 copies

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Stewart, George Rippey

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Date of birth

1895-05-31

Date of death

1980-08-22

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male

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USA

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Birthplace

Sewickley, Pennsylvania, USA

Place of death

San Francisco, California, USA

Cause of death

Places of residence

California, USA

Education

Princeton University (BA, 1917)

Columbia University (PhD, English literature, 1922)

University of California, Berkeley (MA)

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University of California, Berkeley

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George R. Stewart's book Names on the Land: A Historical Account of Place-Naming in the United States was available from LibraryThing Early Reviewers.

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