Biography:

Teacher. Born– June 20, 1930, Birmingham, Ala. Parents– Thomas Alfred and Lucile (Sylvester) McFarland. Married– Patricia Connors, July 23, 1960. Children– Two. Education– B.A., 1951, Oberlin College; M.A., 1961, St. Catherine’s College, Cambridge University. Employed by U.S. Navy, 1951-1954; textbook editor, Houghton Mifflin, 1958-1964; traveled and lived, Europe, 1964-1966; taught English, Concord Academy, Concord, Mass., 1966.

Source:

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 12NR.

Publication(s):

A House Full of Women. New York; Simon & Schuster, 1960.

Sea Dangers; the Affairs of the Somers. New York; Schocken Books, 1985.

Seasons of Fear. New York; Schocken Books, 1984.

Sojourners; a Narrative of the Human Adventure …. New York; Atheneum, 1979.

Joint_Publication(s):

Composition; Models and Exercises. Boston; Harcourt, 1971.