Theodore Taylor (b. June 23, 1921, Statesville, North Carolina - d. October 26, 2006, Laguna Beach, California) was the author of more than 50 fiction and non-fiction books for young adult readers, including The Cay, The Weirdo (winner of the 1992 Edgar Award for Best Young Adult Mystery), Ice Drift, Timothy of the Cay, The Bomb, Snipera, and Rogue Wave. June 23 is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 191 days remaining. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Statesville is a city in Iredell County, North Carolina, United States. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Location of Laguna Beach within Orange County, California. ... Young adult (YA) literature is literature written for, published for, or marketed to young adults. ... The Cay, by Theodore Taylor The Cay, written by Theodore Taylor in the 1960s, is a childrens book about an eleven-year-old boy named Phillip Enright who lives on the Dutch island of Curaçao during World War II. The story is based on a real incident. ... The Edgar Allan Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Early years

In 1931, Taylor's family moved from Statesville to Craddock, a village near Portsmouth, North Carolina. At age 13 he was hired by the local newspaper to write a column on high school sports. Portsmouth, North Carolina is a remote fishing and shipping village established in 1753, and abandoned in 1971. ...

In high school Taylor failed to pass a required course in mathematics, and he dropped out of school at age 17.

Taylor joined the merchant marines in World War II and earned a commission as an ensign in the U.S. Navy. He was recalled to the Navy during the Korean War. Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000... The United States Navy (USN) is the branch of the United States armed forces responsible for naval operations. ... Combatants United Nations:  Republic of Korea,  Australia,  Belgium,  Luxembourg,  Canada,  Colombia,  Ethiopia,  France,  Greece,  Luxembourg,  Netherlands,  New Zealand,  Philippines,  South Africa,  Thailand,  Turkey,  United Kingdom,  United States Medical staff:  Denmark,  Australia,  Italy,  Norway,  Sweden Communist states:  Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,  Peoples Republic of China,  Soviet Union Commanders...

Taylor also worked as a Hollywood press agent for many years.

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The Cay

Taylor did not begin writing books for young adults until 1968.

Taylor obtained the idea of the plot for The Cay while conducting research at the Coast Guard archives for his 1957 non-fiction book Fire on the Beaches. Taylor read an account of a Dutch ship being torpedoed by the Germans in 1942. The majority of the survivors crawled into a lifeboat, but one 11-year-old Dutch boy swam to a raft that had been launched by the force of the torpedo impact. A German submarine surfaced between the lifeboat and the raft, preventing the occupants of the lifeboat from attempting a rescue of the boy. By the time the submarine left, it was dark and the raft was no longer visible to the occupants of the lifeboat. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) is a branch of the United States armed forces involved in maritime law enforcement, mariner assistance, search and rescue, and national defense. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1942 (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1942 calendar). ... Alvin in 1978, a year after first exploring hydrothermal vents. ...

For the next decade, Taylor pondered the ordeal of the boy on the raft. During walks along the beach, Taylor would look out to the Atlantic Ocean horizon and imagine the boy holding on to the raft and praying for rescue.

The Cay, Taylor's fictionalized account of the boy on the raft, took only three weeks to complete, and has become perhaps the most beloved of his young adult fiction novels. It has seen worldwide sales in the millions. Taylor based the character of the boy in his book on a childhood playmate. "The one thing I remembered about [him] was that his mother had taught him to hate black people and to hate them with a passion," Taylor once told a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. In the book, the boy sheds his racist views as he learns to admire and respect the black man who rescues him from the ocean. A Masai man in Kenya Black people or blacks is a political, social or cultural classification of people. ... The Los Angeles Times (also known as the LA Times) is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California and distributed throughout the Western United States. ... Manifestations Slavery · Racial profiling · Lynching Hate speech · Hate crime · Hate groups Genocide · Holocaust · Pogrom Ethnocide · Ethnic cleansing · Race war Religious persecution · Gay bashing Pedophobia · Ephebiphobia Movements Discriminatory Aryanism · Neo-Nazism · Supremacism Kahanism Anti-discriminatory Abolitionism · Civil rights Gays/Transsexes/Intersexes rights Womens/Universal suffrage · Feminism Mens/Fathers rights...

Death

Theodore Taylor died at his home in Laguna Beach, California, at the age of 85. It is believed that the cause of death was a heart attack. Laguna Beach is the name of several places in the United States, and a TV show: Laguna Beach in California Laguna Beach in Florida Laguna Beach the reality soap opera on MTV This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the... Official language(s) English Capital  Sacramento Largest city  Los Angeles Area  Ranked 3rd  - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²)  - Width 250 miles (400 km)  - Length 770 miles (1,240 km)  - % water 4. ... Acute myocardial infarction (AMI or MI), commonly known as a heart attack, is a disease state that occurs when the blood supply to a part of the heart is interrupted. ...

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==External links==

• Theodore Taylor's website
• Stewart, Jocelyn. (2006, October 28). Theodore Taylor, 85; wrote 'The Cay' and other novels for the young. The Los Angeles Times

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