Katharine Scherman
Katharine Scherman Rosin (October 7, 1915 – December 11, 2009) was an American author of non-fiction.
History[]
Born in New York City, Katharine Scherman Rosin was the daughter of Harry Scherman and . Her father was Jewish and her mother was of Irish and Welsh descent.[1] She married Axel G. Rosin on April 10, 1943. She had two children, Karen and Susanna. She received a B.A. from Swarthmore College in 1938. Her interests include ornithology, mountain climbing, reading and music (she played piano and cello).
After graduating from college, Scherman worked as a secretary for the Sunday Review of Literature in New York City from 1940–41, while also working as an editor for J. B. Lippincott & Co. during the same period. From 1941 to 1944 she worked at Life as a researcher and writer. From 1944 to 1949 she was a writer and editor at Book-of-the-Month Club, during which time she married Axel Rosin, who was also working there. She authored ten books, the first in 1954 and the last in 1987.
Bibliography[]
- The Slave Who Freed Haiti: The Story of Toussaint Louverture (juvenile), 1954. An account of Toussaint Louverture.
- Spring on an Arctic Island. 1956. Travel literature about a research trip to Bylot Island in 1954.
- Catherine the Great (juvenile). 1957. About Catherine the Great.
- The Sword of Siegfried (juvenile). 1959.
- William Tell (juvenile). 1961.
- The Long White Night. 1964.
- Two Islands: Grand Manan and Sanibel. 1971. Travel literature.
- Daughter of Fire: A Portrait of Iceland. 1976. Travel literature.
- The Flowering of Ireland. 1981. History of Ireland 5th to 12th centuries.
- The Birth of France: Warriors, Bishops, and Long-Haired Kings. 1987. A history of the Merovingian kings of France.
External links[]
- "Books Of The Times", from The New York Times, July 21, 1981. Review of The Flowering of Ireland.
References[]
- ^ "It's Good to Remember". The New York Times. September 20, 1964.
Bernardine Kielty. of half‐Irish, half-Welsh descent and very much the individualist plunged into social work for underprivileged Jewish children although in her small town environment she had hardly known a Jew. Gradually, she became a part of a young New York intellectual group and married one of its members an earnest writer named Harry Scherman. They had two children and lived happily ever after.
- Contemporary Authors, Gale, 2006 [1]
- 1915 births
- 2009 deaths
- Swarthmore College alumni
- American people of Jewish descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Welsh descent