{"id":795,"date":"2012-11-01T18:40:59","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T01:40:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=795"},"modified":"2017-01-23T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T17:54:55","slug":"blassingame-wyatt-rainey-1909","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=795","title":{"rendered":"BLASSINGAME, WYATT RAINEY, 1909-1985"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Reporter, teacher, writer. Born– February 6, 1909, Demopolis. Parents– Wyatt Childs and Maud (Lurton) Blassingame. Married– Gertrude Olsen, 1936 (died 1976); children–two.\u00a0 Married Leonora Jeanne Toman. Education– Howard College, 1926-1928; University of Alabama, A.B., 1930, graduate work 1931-1933; New York University, 1951-1952. Military service–U.S.Navy, 1942-45. \u00a0Reporter for the Montgomery Advertiser, 1930-1931; teaching fellow at the University of Alabama, 1931-1933; instructor at Florida Southern College, 1948-1951; full time writer after 1951. Published many stories in magazines and journals. Honors; Benjamin Franklin Magazine Award, 1956, for best short story, “Man’s Courage”, published in Harpers; two Outstanding Science Books for Children Awards.\u00a0 Died January 9, 1985.<\/p>\n

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

Something About the Author and Contemporary Authors online.<\/p>\n

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

Baden-Powell. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1966.<\/p>\n

Bent’s Fort: Crossroads of the Great West. \u00a0Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1967.<\/p>\n

Bowleg Bill. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1967.<\/p>\n

Combat Nurses of World War II. New York; Random, 1967.<\/p>\n

Dan Beard, Scoutmaster of America. \u00a0Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1972.<\/p>\n

Diving for Treasure. Philadelphia; Macrae-Smith, 1971.<\/p>\n

Eleanor Roosevelt. New York; Putnam, 1968.<\/p>\n

Ernest Thompson Seton. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1971.<\/p>\n

The Everglades, from Yesterday to Tomorrow. New York; Putnam, 1974.<\/p>\n

The First Book of American Expansion. New York; Watts, 1965.<\/p>\n

The First Book of Florida. New York; Watts, 1963.<\/p>\n

The First Book of the Seashore. New York; Watts, 1964.<\/p>\n

For Better, For Worse. New York; Crowell, 1951.<\/p>\n

Franklin D. Roosevelt: Four Times President. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1966.<\/p>\n

The French Foreign Legion. New York; Random, 1955.<\/p>\n

The Golden Geyser. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1961.<\/p>\n

Great Trains of the World. New York; Random, 1953.<\/p>\n

Halo of Spears. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1962.<\/p>\n

Halsey: Five-Star Admiral.\u00a0 Garrard, 1970.<\/p>\n

His Kingdom for a Horse. New York; Dodd, Mead, 1983.<\/p>\n

How Davy Crockett Got a Bearskin Coat. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1972.<\/p>\n

The Incas and the Spanish Conquest. New York; J. Messner, 1980.<\/p>\n

Jake Gaither; Winning Coach. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1969.<\/p>\n

Jim Beckwourth, Black Trapper and Indian Chief. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1973.<\/p>\n

John Henry and Paul Bunyan Play Baseball. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1971.<\/p>\n

John Smith Hears Death Walking.\u00a0 NY: Bartholomew House, 1944.<\/p>\n

Joseph Stalin and Communist Russia. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1971.<\/p>\n

The Little Killers: Fleas, Lice, Mosquitos. New York; Putnam, 1975.<\/p>\n

Live from the Devil. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1959.<\/p>\n

The Look-it-up Book of Presidents. New York; Random, 1968.<\/p>\n

Medical Corps Heroes of World War II. New York; Random House, 1969.<\/p>\n

Naturalist-Explorers. New York; Watts, 1964.<\/p>\n

Navy’s Fliers in World War II. Philadelphia; Westminister, 1967.<\/p>\n

Osceola. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1967.<\/p>\n

Out-Island Doctor. Garden City, N.Y.; Doubleday, 1963.<\/p>\n

Paul Bunyan Fights the Monster Plants. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1974.<\/p>\n

Pecos Bill and the Wonderful Clothesline Snake. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1978.<\/p>\n

Pecos Bill Catches a Hidebehind. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1977.<\/p>\n

Pecos Bill Rides a Tornado. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1973.<\/p>\n

Ponce de Leon, A World Explorer. \u00a0Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1965.<\/p>\n

Porcupines. New York; Dodd, 1982.<\/p>\n

Sacagawea: Indian Guide. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1965.<\/p>\n

Science Catches the Criminal. New York; Dodd, 1975.<\/p>\n

Skunks. New York; Dodd, 1981.<\/p>\n

Stephen Decatur,\u00a0 Fighting Sailor. \u00a0Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1964.<\/p>\n

The Story of the Boy Scouts. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1968.<\/p>\n

The Story of the United States Flag. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1969.<\/p>\n

The Strange Armadillo. New York; Dodd, 1983.<\/p>\n

They Rode the Frontier. New York; Watts, 1959.<\/p>\n

Thor Heyerdahl, Viking Scientist. New York; Elseyier\/Nelson, 1979.<\/p>\n

Underwater Warriors. New York; Random House, 1982.<\/p>\n

The U.S. Frogmen of World War II. New York; Random, 1964.<\/p>\n

William Beebe, Underwater Explorer. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1976.<\/p>\n

William F. Halsey, Five Star Admiral. Champaign, Ill.; Garrard, 1970.<\/p>\n

William Tecumseh Sherman, Defender of the Union. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.; Prentice, 1970.<\/p>\n

Wonders of Alligators and Crocodiles. New York; Dodd, 1973.<\/p>\n

Wonders of Crows. New York; Dodd, 1979.<\/p>\n

Wonders of Egrets, Bitterns, and Herons. New York; Dodd, 1982.<\/p>\n

Wonders of Frogs and Toads. New York; Dodd, 1975.<\/p>\n

Wonders of Racoons. New York; Dodd, 1977.<\/p>\n

Wonders of Sharks. New York; Dodd, 1984.<\/p>\n

Wonders of The Turtle World. New York; Dodd, 1976.<\/p>\n

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

Frontier Doctors.\u00a0 New York: F. Watts, 1963.<\/p>\n

Men Who Opened the West.\u00a0 New York City: Putnam, 1966.<\/p>\n

The Mountain Men. NY: F. Watts, 1962.<\/p>\n

Out-Island Doctor.\u00a0 NY: Dutton, 1963. (3rd edition Nassau, Bahamas:\u00a0 Media Publishing, 1998.)<\/p>\n

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

Devils in the Dark. Chicago:\u00a0 Weinbery, 1979.<\/p>\n

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

A collection of the papers of Wyatt Blassingame is held by the Special Collections Department of the Library at the University of South Florida.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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