{"id":2365,"date":"2011-05-30T07:54:07","date_gmt":"2011-05-30T14:54:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2365"},"modified":"2018-04-26T08:23:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-26T15:23:27","slug":"gaines-charles-latham-jr-1943","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2365","title":{"rendered":"GAINES, CHARLES LATHAM, JR., 1943-"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Writer; author of film and television scripts and books.\u00a0 Born–January 6, 1942, Jacksonville, Florida.\u00a0 Parents–Charles Sr. and Margaret Shook Gaines.\u00a0 Married-Patricia Ellisor, June 20, 1963.\u00a0 Children– three.\u00a0 Education:\u00a0 Attended Washington and Lee University, 1960; B. A. Birmingham-Southern College, 1963; M. F. A., University of Iowa, 1967.\u00a0 Director of federal Title III Operation Arts program in Green Bay, Wisconsin, 1967-69; Associate Professor of Creative Writing,\u00a0New England College, Henniker, NH, 1970-76.\u00a0 Published novels, nonfiction books,\u00a0filmscripts, scripts for television series, and articles and short stories for periodicals.\u00a0 Finalist for National Book Award, 1970; Emmy Award, 1976; nominated for annual screen award from the Writers Guild of America, 1976. Alabama\u00a0Writers Hall of Fame, 2018.<\/p>\n

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

Contemporary Authors online.<\/p>\n

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

Dangler.\u00a0 Simon and Schuster, 1976.<\/p>\n

A Family Place; A Man Returns to the Center of his Life.\u00a0 Atlantic Monthly Press, 1994.<\/p>\n

Leaper:\u00a0 The Wonderful World of Atlantic Salmon Fishing.\u00a0 Guilford, 2001.<\/p>\n

The Next Valley Over;\u00a0 An Angler’s Progress.\u00a0 Crown Publishers, 2000.<\/p>\n

Pumping Iron.\u00a0 Simon and Schuster, 1974.<\/p>\n

Stay Hungry.\u00a0 Doubleday, 1972.<\/p>\n

Staying Hard:\u00a0 The Only Exercise Book You Will Ever Need.\u00a0 New York:\u00a0 Kenan Press, 1980.<\/p>\n

Survival Games.\u00a0 Atlantic Monthly Press, 1997.<\/p>\n

Yours in Perfect Manhood, Charles Atlas; The Most Effective Fitness Program Ever Devised.\u00a0 Simon & Schuster, 1982.<\/p>\n

Film Scripts;<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Pumping Iron,” adapted from his novel of the same title.\u00a0 Cinema Five, 1977.<\/p>\n

(With Bob Rafelson). “Stay Hungry,” adapted from his novel of the same title.\u00a0 United Artists, 1976.<\/p>\n

“Summer.”\u00a0 PBS Television, 1980.<\/p>\n

Joint Publications;<\/strong><\/p>\n

(With Arnold Schwarzenegger).\u00a0 Arnold’s Fitness for Kids (three volumes: Ages Birth-5; Ages 6-10; Ages 11-14). Doubleday, 1993.<\/p>\n

(With George Butler). Pumping Iron II; The Unprecedented Woman.\u00a0 Simon & Schuster, 1984.<\/p>\n

(With Robert Arnot). Sportselection.\u00a0 Viking, 1984.<\/p>\n

(With Jean-Michel Basquiat and Catherine Lord).\u00a0 The Theatre of Refusal; Black Art and Mainstream Criticism.\u00a0 University of California, 1993.<\/p>\n

Added 2011-06-15<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biography; Writer; author of film and television scripts and books.\u00a0 Born–January 6, 1942, Jacksonville, Florida.\u00a0 Parents–Charles Sr. and Margaret Shook Gaines.\u00a0 Married-Patricia Ellisor, June 20, 1963.\u00a0 Children– three.\u00a0 Education:\u00a0 Attended Washington and Lee University, 1960; B. A. Birmingham-Southern College, 1963; M. F. A., University of Iowa, 1967.\u00a0 Director of federal Title III Operation Arts program […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-authors","category-g-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2365"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7903,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2365\/revisions\/7903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}