Wp kinsella biography sample

This frank and authoritative biography explores the life and often controversial work of W.P. Kinsella, the author who penned iconic lines such as “If you..

Born William Patrick Kinsella, May 25, 1935, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; son of John Matthew (a contractor) and Olive (a printer; maiden name.

  • Born William Patrick Kinsella, May 25, 1935, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; son of John Matthew (a contractor) and Olive (a printer; maiden name.
  • Born May 25, 1935, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada; son of John Matthew (a contractor) and Olive Mary (a printer; maiden name, Elliott) Kinsella; married Myrna.
  • This frank and authoritative biography explores the life and often controversial work of W.P. Kinsella, the author who penned iconic lines such as “If you.
  • His early success was based on his writing about a young Cree named Silas Ermineskin, from the Hobbema community south of Edmonton.
  • Sample.

    • #347 Kinsella – a life like no other

    Going the Distance: The Life and Works of W.P. Kinsella
    by William Steele

    Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre
    $34.95  /  9781771621946

    Reviewed by Sheldon Goldfarb

    First published August 22, 2018

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    There’s something puzzling early on in this biography of W.P.

    Kinsella. Kinsella, famous for the iconic “If you build it, he will come” line in his baseball novel, Shoeless Joe, was the son of an American father who, William Steele tells us, went back to the United States in 1914 to join the army and fight in the First World War.

    Wait a minute, you think.

    The Americans didn’t enter the war till 1917. There must be something wrong here.

    This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and.

    You check the footnotes. There is indeed a reference for this statement: it’s to unpublished notes by W.P. Kinsella. Hmm. So the source is a recollection by the younger Kinsella, perhaps repeating a story his father told him. Are there no army records to check to clear this