Título: The Blue Flower 1902
Autor: Henry Dyke
Sinopse: Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr. (november 10, 1852 - April 10, 1933) Was An American Author, Educator, And Clergyman.biography:henry Jackson Van Dyke, Jr. Was Born On November 10, 1852, In Germantown, Pennsylvania. He Was The Son Of Henry Jackson Van Dyke, Sr. (1822-1891), A Prominent Brooklyn Presbyterian Clergyman Known In The Antebellum Years For His Anti-abolitionist Views. The Family Traced Its Roots To Jan Thomasse Van Dijk, Who Emigrated From Holland To The North America In 1652.the Younger Henry Van Dyke Graduated From Poly Prep Country Day School In 1869,princeton University, In 1873 And From Princeton Theological Seminary, 1877. He Served As A Professor Of English Literature At Princeton Between 1899 And 1923. Among The Many Students Whom He Influenced Was, Notably, Future Celebrity Travel Writer Richard Halliburton (1900-1939), Editor-in-chief, At The Time, Of The Princeton Pictorial.van Dyke Chaired The Committee That Wrote The First Presbyterian Printed Liturgy, The Book Of Common Worship Of 1906. In 1908-09 Dr. Van Dyke Was A Lecturer At The University Of Paris.by Appointment Of President Woodrow Wilson, A Friend And Former Classmate Of Van Dyke, He Became Minister To The Netherlands And Luxembourg In 1913. Shortly After His Appointment, World War I Threw Europe Into Dismay. Americans All Around Europe Rushed To Holland As A Place Of Refuge. Although Inexperienced As An Ambassador, Van Dyke Conducted Himself With The Skill Of A Trained Diplomat, Maintaining The Rights Of Americans In Europe And Organizing Work For Their Relief. He Later Related His Experiences And Perceptions In The Book Pro Patria (1921).van Dyke Resigned As Ambassador At The Beginning Of December 1916 And Returned To The United States. He Was Subsequently Elected To The American Academy Of Arts And Letters And Received Many Other Honors.van Dyke Was A Friend Of Helen Keller. Keller Wrote: Dr. Van Dyke Is The Kind Of A Friend To Have When One Is Up Against A Difficult Problem. He Will Take Trouble, Days And Nights Of Trouble, If It Is For Somebody Else Or For Some Cause He Is Interested In. 'i'm Not An Optimist,' Says Dr. Van Dyke, 'there's Too Much Evil In The World And In Me. Nor Am I A Pessimist; There Is Too Much Good In The World And In God. So I Am Just A Meliorist, Believing That He Wills To Make The World Better, And Trying To Do My Bit To Help And Wishing That It Were More.'he Died On April 10, 1933. He Is Buried In Princeton Cemetery. A Biography Of Van Dyke, Titled Henry Van Dyke: A Biography, Was Written By His Son Tertius Van Dyke And Published In 1935.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “The Blue Flower 1902”, de Henry Dyke, publicado pela editora Createspace Independent Publishing Platform, em 2017 e com 76 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Páginas: 76
Ano: 2017
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1976472237
ISBN13: 9781976472237
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