Bowen, Catherine Drinker 1897-1973

Overview

Works:	148 works in 575 publications in 5 languages and 27,735 library holdings
Genres:	Biography History Drama Film adaptations Controversial literature Records and correspondence
Roles:	Author, Composer, Bibliographic antecedent, Creator, Conceptor
Classifications:	JK146, B

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Publications about Catherine Drinker Bowen

Publications by Catherine Drinker Bowen

Publications by Catherine Drinker Bowen, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Catherine Drinker Bowen

The music lovers ( Visual )
Bowen, Catherine Drinker 76 ( )
Bernard De Voto papers by Bernard De Voto ( )
[Catherine Drinker Bowen, head-and-shoulders portrait, seated, facing front] ( Visual )
by Sophie Hutchinson Drinker ( )

Lessing J. Rosenwald papers by Lessing J Rosenwald ( )
Jacques Barzun papers by Jacques Barzun ( )
Papers of Thomas Shuler Shaw by Thomas Shuler Shaw ( )
by Sophie Hutchinson Drinker ( )
Honorary degree recipient for 1948, Catherine Drinker Bowen ( )
by Amelia Muir Baldwin ( )
Women's National Book Association records by Women's National Book Association ( )
by Friends of the Schlesinger Library ( )
Catherine Drinker Bowen ( )
Lawrence S. Kubie papers by Lawrence S Kubie ( )
Passionate history : Catherine Drinker Bowen and the narrative biography by William R Luckham ( )
by Helen Howe ( )
Bruce Bliven papers by Bruce Bliven ( )
Bowen, Catherine Drinker ( )
Letters by Julia Cooley Altrocchi ( )

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Most widely held works by Catherine Drinker Bowen

Miracle at Philadelphia : the story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787 by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
40 editions published between 1966 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 4,964 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A history of the Federal Convention at Philadelphia in 1787 that produced the Constitution of the U.S

Francis Bacon : the temper of a man by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
30 editions published between 1963 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the fullness of his power and reputation as Lord Chancellor of England, Bacon was impeached by parliament for taking bribes in office, convicted and banished from London and the law courts, At the depth of his fall, at the lowest reach of public disgrace and private agony, Bacon wrote a prayer, confessing to God that he had not used his talents to best advantage

Yankee from Olympus : Justice Holmes and his family by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
87 editions published between 1943 and 2007 in 4 languages and held by 3,462 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes who became a Supreme Court Justice, with information on several generations of ancestors and descendants

John Adams and the American Revolution by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
35 editions published between 1949 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,079 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The most dangerous man in America: scenes from the life of Benjamin Franklin by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
10 editions published between 1974 and 1987 in English and held by 2,236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Recounts the life and career of Benjamin Franklin

The lion and the throne : the life and times of Sir Edward Coke (1552-1634) by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
27 editions published between 1956 and 2002 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,927 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Sir Edward Coke - Lord Coke, his contemporaries called him - was Queen Elizabeth's Attorney General and Chief Justice under James, first Stuart King of England ... Coke's life covered a long span, a wide arc of time; with him the Middle Ages ended and today began. Coke was English law personified. ... Sir Edward Coke never set foot on American soil. Yet no United States citizen can read his story without a sense of immediate recognition. In these parliamentary struggles, knights, citizens and burgesses fought not for themselves alone but for states as yet unformed: Pennsylvania, Virginia, California. In Westminster courtroom battles over procedure, jurisdiction, "right reason and the common law," constitutional government found its way to birth. When the time came we changed the face of this English constitution; amid the sound of guns we repudiated what we hated, adapted what we liked. Yet the heritage endured. -- PREFACE

Beloved friend : the story of Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
24 editions published between 1937 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,912 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Largely excerpts from the correspondence between Tchaikowsky and Nadejda von Meck, translated by Barbara von Meck from the original Russian edition (Moscow, 1934- ) and given by her, with notes and recollections of persons and places involved, to Mrs. Bowen, who wrote the connecting narrative

Family portrait by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
7 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 1,269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
This autobiography extended beyond the author to include the other members of the prominent Quaker family into which Bowen was born. One brother invented the iron lung; another founded Harvard School of Public Health. Bowen herself was a bestselling American biographer who won the 1957 Philadelphia Award and the 1962 Women's National Book Association award. Family Portrait was her last book

Adventures of a biographer by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
6 editions published in 1959 in English and held by 1,109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biography: the craft and the calling by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
10 editions published between 1969 and 1978 in English and held by 922 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Free artist" : the story of Anton and Nicholas Rubinstein by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
12 editions published between 1939 and 1961 in English and held by 896 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Friends and fiddlers by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
11 editions published between 1935 and 1963 in English and held by 493 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The writing of biography by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
4 editions published between 1951 and 1970 in English and held by 400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An essay on the author's experience in writing John Adams

The art of history; two lectures: The old history and the new by Allan Nevins ( Book )
2 editions published in 1967 in English and held by 297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The most dangerous man in America scenes from the life of Benjamin Franklin by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( )
9 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Focuses on specific scenes in Franklin's colorful life, including his younger discoveries with electricity, activity in the Albany Congress of 1754, nine years in London and, of course, his part in America's revolutionary plans

Geliebte Freundin : Tschaikowskys Leben und sein Briefwechsel mit Nadeshda von Meck by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
41 editions published between 1938 and 1969 in 3 languages and held by 108 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A history of Lehigh University by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
8 editions published between 1924 and 1982 in English and held by 100 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The biographer looks for news; an address by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
2 editions published in 1958 in English and held by 60 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Miracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Recording )
3 editions published between 1994 and 1999 in English and No Linguistic content and held by 41 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The story of the Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787, as "told" by James Madison, the secretary

On being a biographer, an address by Catherine Drinker Bowen ( Book )
3 editions published in 1950 in English and held by 31 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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