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Charles G. Finney (December 1, 1905 – April 16, 1984) was an American newspaperman, story writer, and fantastical novelist, and part time night club owner, whose full name was Charles Grandison Finney, evidently in honor of the famous evangelist. December 1 is the 335th (in leap years the 336th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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Finney was born in Sedalia, Missouri and served in China with the United States Army 15th Infantry regiment 1927–1929. In his memoirs, he notes that his first novel (and most famous book) The Circus of Dr. Lao was conceived in Tientsin in 1929. After the Army, he worked for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, Arizona, 1930–1970, apparently as a proofreader. Sedalia is a city located in Pettis County, Missouri, at the intersection of U.S. Highway 50 and U.S. Highway 65. ...
The United States Army is one of the armed forces of the United States and has primary responsibility for land-based military operations. ...
The Circus of Dr. Lao is a 1935 novel written by Arizona newspaperman Charles G. Finney, and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. ...
Tianjin (Chinese: 天津; pinyin: tiān jīn; Postal System Pinyin: Tientsin) is a harbour municipality in China on the Hai He River (from Beijing) and Bohai Gulf of the Yellow Sea (Pacific Ocean). ...
The Arizona Daily Star is a daily newspaper that serves Tucson, Arizona, and southern Arizona. ...
Nickname: The Old Pueblo Location in Pima County and the state of Arizona Coordinates: Country United States State Arizona Counties Pima Government - Mayor Bob Walkup (R) Area - City 195. ...
Various of Finney's papers, with correspondence and photographs, are collected at the University of Arizona Main Library Special Collections, Collection Number: AZ 024, Papers of Charles G. Finney, 1959-1966, including typed manuscripts of "A Sermon at Casa Grande", "Isabelle the Inscrutable", "Murder with Feathers", ""The Night Crawler", "Private Prince", "An Anabasis in Minor Key", "The Old China Hands", and "The Ghosts of Manacle". The University of Arizona (UA or U of A) is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. ...
Selected works
- 1935 The Circus of Dr. Lao
- 1937 The Unholy City
- 1939 Past the End of the Pavement
- 1945 Fraulein Thea (with Hans Natonek)
- ???? Lilith (with Hans Natonek)
- 1961 The Old China Hands, memoirs
- 1964 The Ghosts of Manacle, a collection
- 1968 The Magician Out of Manchuria
- "A Sermon at Casa Grande" in Point West, September, 1963
- "Isabelle the Inscrutable" in Harper's, 228:1367 (April 1964) pp. 51-58.
- "Murder with Feathers" in Harper's 232:1391 (April 1966) pp. 112-113.
- "The Night Crawler" in The New Yorker, December 5, 1959.
- "Private Prince" in The New Yorker, June 24, 1961.
- "An Anabasis in Minor Key" in The New Yorker, March 26, 1960.
The Circus of Dr. Lao is a 1935 novel written by Arizona newspaperman Charles G. Finney, and illustrated by Boris Artzybasheff. ...
An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly magazine of politics and culture. ...
An issue of Harpers Magazine from 1905 Another issue, from November 2004 Harpers Magazine (or simply Harpers) is a monthly magazine of politics and culture. ...
The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...
The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...
The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...
Further reading - "Charles G. Finney" in Contemporary Authors, published by Thomson Gale.
Sources
External Links Charles G. Finney - an introduction to his works. |
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