ROB KIRKPATRICK is the author of Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators: The War-Torn Career of an All-Star Shortstop (2005). He provided an essay on the Pacific coast rock music scene for The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Regional Cultures (2004), contributed to Approaches to Teaching Hamlet (MLA 2001) and has appeared in The Hemingway Review.
Qelle BiographyBorn Robert John Kirkpatrick, III, in Cornwall, New York, he grew up in Newburgh (town), New York, where his father was the town supervisor. He graduated from Wallkill Senior High School in Wallkill, New York. He received his Bachelor’s from Rutgers University, his Master’s degree from the State University of New York at New Paltz, and his Doctorate from Binghamton University. After attending the Denver Publishing Institute, he entered the book publishing field and began a career as an acquisitions editor. He has published such authors as Sean Lahman, Linda Cohn, John Hemingway, and Mark Oliver Everett of the Eels (band).[1] In December 2007, Publishers Weekly announced that Kirkpatrick had signed former Pennsylvania governor Tom Ridge to write a memoir of his time with the Department of Homeland Security.[2]
During his time as an editor, Kirkpatrick began to publish books as an author, as well. In 2009 he published the well-received 1969: The Year Everything Changed as well as new trade paperback editions of two previously published books: a musical biography of Bruce Springsteen and a biography of baseball player Cecil Travis. 1969 was featured in a two-page story by Craig Wilson (columnist) in USA Today.[3] The book received praise from Booklist, which called it "A riveting look at a pivotal year,"[4] and Library Journal, which said, "In this compelling account, Kirkpatrick treats the tumultuous events of 1969 with the skills of a journalist, a historian, a sociologist, and a sportswriter and manages to insert moments of lightness and triviality into his grand tour. He writes as easily about jazz-pop as about the rise of the American Indian Movement..."
Selected Works- The Quotable Sixties (2006)
- 1969: The Year Everything Changed (2009)
- Cecil Travis of the Washington Senators: The War-Torn Career of an All-Star Shortstop (2009)
- Magic in the Night: The Words and Music of Bruce Springsteen (2009)
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