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==Biography== |
==Biography== |
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Harold Sherman was born on July 13, 1898, in Traverse City, Michigan. |
Harold Morrow Sherman was born on July 13, 1898, in Traverse City, Michigan. He briefly attended the University of Michigan, then moved to Detroit to work for the Ford Motor Company. He married Martha Bain on September 26, 1920, and had two daughters: Mary and Marcia. |
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In 1921 Harold worked as a reporter for The Marion Chronicle in Marion, Indiana. Then in 1924, moved to New York City to write a series of popular boys’ sports and adventure books (notably the Tahara series) and had two plays produced on Broadway. |
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In 1937, Sherman—who believed he possessed a high degree of ESP—experimented in telepathic communication with famed Arctic explorer Sir Hubert Wilkins. In the early 1950s, Sherman lectured across the country to New Thought, church, and civic groups on ESP and personal development. During his respites in Arkansas, he hosted a short-lived self-help TV show in Little Rock called Picture What You Want. |
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He died on August 19, 1987, and is buried in Traverse City, Michigan. |
He died on August 19, 1987, and is buried in Traverse City, Michigan. |
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==Selected bibliography== |
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===Fiction=== |
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* Cameron McBain, Backwoodsman (with H. Daniel; 1927) |
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* Ding Palmer, Air Detective (1930) |
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* The Land of Monsters (1931) |
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* Let Freedom Ring! (1932) |
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* Tahara Among the African Tribes (1933) |
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* Tahara: Boy King of the Desert (1933) |
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* Tahara: Boy Mystic of India (1933) |
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* Tahara in the Land of the Yukatan (1933) |
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* Call of the Land (1948) |
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Revision as of 00:28, 2 January 2010
Harold Morrow Sherman | |
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| Occupation | Novelist, lecturer, humanitarian |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Adventure novel |
Harold Sherman was a prolific American author, lecturer and humanitarian during the middle 20th Century.
Biography
Harold Morrow Sherman was born on July 13, 1898, in Traverse City, Michigan. He briefly attended the University of Michigan, then moved to Detroit to work for the Ford Motor Company. He married Martha Bain on September 26, 1920, and had two daughters: Mary and Marcia.
In 1921 Harold worked as a reporter for The Marion Chronicle in Marion, Indiana. Then in 1924, moved to New York City to write a series of popular boys’ sports and adventure books (notably the Tahara series) and had two plays produced on Broadway.
The Sherman family spent the 1950s and 1960s in Hollywood, writing for television and lecturing on the topics of his new bestselling books.
He died on August 19, 1987, and is buried in Traverse City, Michigan.
Selected bibliography
Fiction
- Cameron McBain, Backwoodsman (with H. Daniel; 1927)
- Ding Palmer, Air Detective (1930)
- The Land of Monsters (1931)
- Let Freedom Ring! (1932)
- Tahara Among the African Tribes (1933)
- Tahara: Boy King of the Desert (1933)
- Tahara: Boy Mystic of India (1933)
- Tahara in the Land of the Yukatan (1933)
- Call of the Land (1948)