{"id":2309,"date":"2015-05-26T14:24:08","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T21:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2309"},"modified":"2016-08-12T12:09:04","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T19:09:04","slug":"wood-clement-richardson-1888-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2309","title":{"rendered":"WOOD, CLEMENT RICHARDSON, 1888-1950"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lawyer; writer. Born– September 1, 1888, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Married– Mildred Mary Cummer in 1914. Children– Two. Married– Gloria Goddard in 1936. Education– University of Alabama, A.B., 1909; Yale, LL.B., 1911. Practiced law in Birmingham, 1911-12; city attorney, 1912; chief magistrate, Central Recorders Court, 1913 (succeeding Hugo Black); removed for “lack of judicial temperament” after he fell afoul of the local political establishment; moved to New York City. \u00a0Worked at various jobs to support himself and his writing. Waited on tables; worked for Rockefeller Vice Commission; secretary to Upton Sinclair. Taught in private schools, New York and New Jersey, two years; Washington Square Writing Center, New York University. Full time writer, 1941; some under pseudonym Alan Dubois. Member and lecturer, American Society for the Advancement of Atheism.\u00a0 Award the Newark 250th Anniversary Prize, 1917. Died October 26, 1950.<\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twentieth Century Authors, 1st suppl; New York Times, October 27, 1950.<\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

American History at a Glance. New York; Reader Mail, Inc., 1941.<\/p>\n

Amy Lowell. New York; Harold Vinal, 1936.<\/p>\n

The Art and Technique of Writing Poetry. New York; Greenberg; 1940.<\/p>\n

The Art of Kissing. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1926.<\/p>\n

Auction Bridge for Beginners. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius. Co, 1934.<\/p>\n

Bernar MacFadden; a Study in Success. New York; Lewis Copeland, 1929.<\/p>\n

A Book of Comic Dialect Poems. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1926.<\/p>\n

Botany for Beginners. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Byron and the Women He Loved. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Carelessness; Public Enemy No. 1. New York; Hillman-Curl, Inc., 1937.<\/p>\n

Cherry. New York; Phoenix, 1935.<\/p>\n

Clement Wood and His Lives; How a Good Boy of Methodism Turned Pagan. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius, 1929.<\/p>\n

A Complete History of the United States. Cleveland; World Pub. Co., 1936.<\/p>\n

Corpse in the Guest Room. New York; Arcadia House, Inc., 1945.<\/p>\n

The Craft of Poetry. New York; E. P. Dutton, 1929.<\/p>\n

Cross Word Puzzle Book, No. 1-. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1935-.<\/p>\n

Cross Word Puzzle Book for Children, No. 1-. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius., 1925-.<\/p>\n

Death in Ankara; a Story of Modern Espionage. New York; Mystery House, 1944.<\/p>\n

Death on the Pampas. New York; Mystery House, 1944.<\/p>\n

Deep River. New York; W. Goodwin, 1934.<\/p>\n

Desire (and Other Stories). New York; Woodford Press, 1950.<\/p>\n

Doctors, Dynamiters and Gunmen. Muscatine, Iowa; TNT Press, 1936.<\/p>\n

Double Jeopardy. New York; Arcadia House, 1947.<\/p>\n

Dreams and How to Understand Them. Garden City, N.Y.; Garden City Pub. Inc., 1931.<\/p>\n

Dreams and Their Meaning and Practical Applications. New York; Greenberg, 1931.<\/p>\n

The Eagle Flies, Sonnets. Chicago; The Bookfellows, 1925.<\/p>\n

The Eagle Returns. Cleveland; s.n., 1947?<\/p>\n

The Eagle Sonnets. New York; Horizon, 1942.<\/p>\n

The Earth Turns South. New York; Dutton, 1919.<\/p>\n

Eril, a Masque. Delanson, N.Y.; The Bozenkill Press, 1942.<\/p>\n

Emerson; the Man and His Works. Girard, Kan.; Haldemen-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Flesh, and Other Stories. New York; Woodford Press, 1929.<\/p>\n

Flesh Is Willing. New York; Phoenix, 1935.<\/p>\n

Folly. Boston; Small, Maynard & Co., 1925.<\/p>\n

Glad of Earth. New York; L. J. Gomme, 1917.<\/p>\n

The Glory Road; an Autobiography. New York; Poets Press, 1936.<\/p>\n

Great Women of Antiquity. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius, 1924.<\/p>\n

The Greenwich Village Blues. New York; H. Harrison, 1926.<\/p>\n

Herbert Clark Hoover, An American Tragedy. New York; M. Swain, 1932.<\/p>\n

Hints of Writing Poetry. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius, 1924.<\/p>\n

History of Rome. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1923.<\/p>\n

How to Love. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Hunter of Heaven; the American Soul As Revealed By Its Poetry. New York; Frederick A. Stokes Co. 1929.<\/p>\n

If There Is a Hell– . Belanson, N.Y.; Bozenkill Press, 1934?<\/p>\n

An Introduction to Philosophy (The Science of Language). Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Jehovah. New York; Dutton, 1920.<\/p>\n

Julius Caesar; Who He Was and What He Accomplished. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

King Henry, the Rake (Henry VIII and His Women). Boston; The Stratford Co., 1929.<\/p>\n

Ladies Need Loving. New York; Phoenix, 1935.<\/p>\n

Laughter. Lime Rock, Conn.; Bernhard Wall, 1922.<\/p>\n

Lays for the Laity. S.l.; s.n., 1937.<\/p>\n

Let’s Play “the Game”; the Book of Charades. New York; Greenbert, 1939.<\/p>\n

The Life of a Man; a Biography of John R. Brinkley. Kansas City, Kan.; Goshorn Pub., 1934.<\/p>\n

The Making of the Old Testament. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

McFadden the Conqueror. S.l.; s.n., 1930.<\/p>\n

The Man Who Killed Kitchener; the Life of Fritz Joubert Duquesne, 1879-. New York; Raro Inc., 1932.<\/p>\n

Manhood; the Facts of Life Presented to Men. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius, 1924.<\/p>\n

Modern Sexual Morality. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

More Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Cleveland; World Pub. Co., 1940.<\/p>\n

More Power to your Words. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice-Hall, 1940.<\/p>\n

Mother Goose; an Anthology. Girard, Kan; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Mountain. New York; Dutton, 1920.<\/p>\n

Negro Songs, an Anthology. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Nigger, a Novel. New York; Dutton, 1922.<\/p>\n

Other Men’s Wives. New York; Balzac Press, 1949.<\/p>\n

The Outline of Man’s Knowledge; the Story of History, Science, Literature, Art, Religion, Philosophy. New York; L. Copeland, 1927.<\/p>\n

Pleasure before Marriage. New York; Phoenix, 1935.<\/p>\n

Poetry of the Southern States. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Poet’s and Songwriters’ Guide; Complete Book of Scansion for Writers of Poetry, Verse, Song Lyrics, and Prose. New York; Valient House, 1948.<\/p>\n

Poet’s Handbook. Cleveland; World Pub. Co., 1946.<\/p>\n

Poets of America. New York; Dutton, 1925.<\/p>\n

A Popular History of the World. New York; Grossett & Dunlap, 1935.<\/p>\n

The Real Mary Baker Eddy. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1925.<\/p>\n

Sensualist; a Novel of the Life and Times of Oscar Wilde. New York; J. Swift, 1942.<\/p>\n

Sex in Psychoanalysis. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Sexual Relations in Southern States. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1929.<\/p>\n

Shadow from the Bogue. New York; Dutton, 1928.<\/p>\n

Shelley and the Women He Loved. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

A Short History of the Jews. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

Six Indiscrete Lovers. S.l.; s.n., 1930.<\/p>\n

Sociology for Beginners. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

The Sociology of Lester Ward. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1924.<\/p>\n

The Stone Age. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1923.<\/p>\n

Strange Fires. New York; Woodford Press, 1951.<\/p>\n

Tabloid Murders. New York; Macaulay Co., 1931.<\/p>\n

Throttle; a Fact Story About Norman Baker. Muscatine, Iowa; Baker Sales Co., 1934.<\/p>\n

The Tide Comes In. New York; Dutton, 1923.<\/p>\n

Tom Sawyer Grows Up. New York; World Syndicate Pub. Co., 1939.<\/p>\n

Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition. Girard, Kan.; Haldeman-Julius Co., 1925.<\/p>\n

Warren Gamaliel Harding; an American Comedy. New York; W. Faro Inc., 1932.<\/p>\n

What It Takes; a Study in Success. New York; Liberty Pub. Corp., 1934.<\/p>\n

The White Peacock. New York; H. Vidal, 1928.<\/p>\n

The Woman Who Was Pope; a Biography of Pope Joan, 853-855 A.D. New York; W. Faro Inc., 1931.<\/p>\n

Woods’ Unabridged Rhyming Dictionary. Cleveland; World Pub. Co., 1943.<\/p>\n

Your Dreams and What They Mean. Cleveland; World Pub., Co., 1941.<\/p>\n

Lyricist; If the Seas Dry. Berkeley, Calif.; s.n., 1931.<\/p>\n

Joint Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Complete Book of Games. New York; Halcyon House, 1938.<\/p>\n

Don’t’ Tread on Me; a Study of Aggressive Legal Tactics for Labor. New York; Vanguard, 1928.<\/p>\n

For Walt Whitman. Toronto; H. S. Sander, 1923.<\/p>\n

Four Seek Love. New York; Woodford Press, 1949.<\/p>\n

Games for Two; or, How to Keep the Reno Wolf away from Your Door. New York; Hillman-Curl, 1937.<\/p>\n

Let’s Have a Good Time Tonight; an Omnibus of Party Games. New York; Grossett & Dunlap, 1938.<\/p>\n

The 1941 Quiz Book. New York; Arcadia House, 1941.<\/p>\n

The Regents Questions and Answers in Literature. New York; Regents Publishers, 1923.<\/p>\n

A Slang Dictionary. S.l.; s.n., 1926.<\/p>\n

Editor:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Complete Rhyming Dictionary and Poets Craft Book. Garden City, N.Y.; Garden City Pub. Co., 1936.<\/p>\n

A History of the World. Cleveland; World Syndicate Pub. Co., 1937.<\/p>\n

Summarized; History of Civilization in England, by H. T. Buckle. New York; Vanguard Press, 1926.<\/p>\n

Substance of History of European Morals, by W. E. H. Lecky. New York; Vanguard Press, 1926.<\/p>\n

The Substance of the Sociology of Lester F. Ward. New York; Vanguard, 1930.<\/p>\n

Written under pseudonym of Alan Dubois<\/p>\n

America’s Sweetheart. New York; W. Godwin, 1933.<\/p>\n

Artist’s Model. New York; Woodford Press, 1951.<\/p>\n

Loose Shoulder Straps. New York; W. Faro, 1932.<\/p>\n

Semi-detached Wife. New York; Phoenix, 1935.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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