河套大学《大学英语第一册》课件-Unit11 The Midnight Visitor By Arthur.pptVIP

Lesson Eleven The Midnight Visitor By Arthur About the Author ?Robert Arthur was born on November 10, 1909, at Fort Mills, Corregidor Island, the Philippines, where his father, Robert Arthur, Sr., then a lieutenant in the United States Army, was stationed. His mother was Sarah Fee Arthur, formerly of New Orleans. Arthurs childhood was spent moving, as his father was transferred from army base to army base. About the Author Arthur and his younger brother John Arthur, born in 1914, were educated in the public schools of Hull, Massachusetts, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Leavenworth, Kansas, and Hampton, VA. While his father was stationed at Fort Monroe in Hampton Roads, Virginia, Arthur attended Hampton High School, where he was elected President of the Senior Class. About the Author Although he gained entrance to West Point, Arthur decided against following his father into the military, and instead enrolled at William and Mary College in Williamsburg, Virginia in the fall of 1926. Two years later, he transferred to the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, where Arthur had lived for some years when his father had been a Professor of Military Science and Tactics in the ROTC program there. About the Author Arthur graduated from the University of Michigan in 1930 with a B.A. in English with Distinction. After working as an editor at one of the Munsey Publications, he returned to the University of Michigan where he received his M.A. in Journalism in 1932. About the Author He then moved to New York City, where he lived in Greenwich Village in a walk-up apartment. During this time, he began writing stories for publication in pulp magazines. Between his graduation from Michigan in 1930 and 1940, his stories were published in Wonder Stories, Detective Fiction Weekly, Mystery, About the Author The Illustrated Detective Magazine, Street Smiths Detective Story Magazine, Amazing Stories, The Shadow, Street Smith Mystery Reader, Detective Tales, Thrilling Detectiv