Samuel F. Pickering Jr.

.Cite web|url=http://www.etext.org/Zines/Critique/writing/pickering.html|title=On Writing|accessyear=2007|accessmonthday=December 19|publisher=Critique Magazine|author=Janie Franz] In addition to teaching, he has published many collections of non-fiction personal essays as well as over 200 articles.

Early life

Sam Pickering was born and raised in Nashville, Tennessee, where he attended (and later taught at) Montgomery Bell Academy. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree (B.A.) from the University of the South, a second B.A. and Master of Arts degree (M.A.) from St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Pickering received a second M.A. and a Doctor of Philosophy degree (Ph.D.) from Princeton University. In addition, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Oglethorpe University.

Career

Pickering was the assistant professor at Dartmouth College from 1970–1978, associate professor at the University of Connecticut from 1978-1984, and is has been a professor at the University of Connecticut since 1984. A Fulbright recipient, Pickering has lectured in classrooms in Jordan and Syria, and has held research posts at the University of Western Australia as well as the University of Edinburgh.

Personal life

Pickering is married and has three children. He divides his time between Storrs, and his summer home in Nova Scotia.

Bibliography

*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel | title = The Moral Tradition in English Fiction, 1785-1850 | publisher = Published for Dartmouth College by the University Press of New England | location = Hanover | year = 1976 | isbn = 0874511097
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel | title = John Locke and Children's Books in Eighteenth-Century England | publisher = University of Tennessee Press | location = Knoxville | year = 1981 | isbn = 087049290X
*Children’s Literature. Vols. 8-10 (co-editor, 1979-81)
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel | title = A Continuing Education | publisher = Published for the University of Connecticut by University Press of New England | location = Hanover | year = 1985 | isbn = 0874513537
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = The Right Distance | publisher = Univ of Georgia Pr | location = City | year = 1987 | isbn = 0820309060
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = May Days | publisher = University of Iowa Press | location = Iowa City | year = 1995 | isbn = 0877455228
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Still Life | publisher = University Press of New England | location = Hanover | year = 1990 | isbn = 0874515157
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Let It Ride | publisher = Univ of Missouri Pr | location = City | year = 1992 | isbn = 082620869X
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Moral Instruction and Fiction for Children, 1749-1820 | publisher = University of Georgia Press | location = Athens | year = 1993 | isbn = 0820314633
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Trespassing | publisher = Published by University Press of New England | location = Hanover | year = 1994 | isbn = 0874516404
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Walkabout Year: Twelve Months in Australia | publisher = University of Missouri Press | location = Columbia | year = 1995 | isbn = 0826210430
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = The Blue Caterpillar and Other Essays | publisher = University Press of Florida | location = Gainesville | year = 1997 | isbn = 0813014824
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Living to Prowl | publisher = University of Georgia Press | location = Athens | year = 1997 | isbn = 0820319406
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Deprived of Unhappiness | publisher = Ohio University Press | location = Athens | year = 1998 | isbn = 0821412345
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = A Little Fling and Other Essays | publisher = University of Tennessee Press | location = Knoxville | year = 1999 | isbn = 1572330627
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = The Last Book | publisher = University of Tennessee Press | location = Knoxville | year = 2001 | isbn = 157233147X
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Waltzing the Magpies | publisher = University of Michigan Press | location = Ann Arbor | year = 2004 | isbn = 0472113771
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = The Best of Pickering | publisher = University of Michigan Press | location = Ann Arbor | year = 2004 | isbn = 9780472113781
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Letters to a Teacher | publisher = Grove Press | location = New York | year = 2005| isbn = 0802142273
*cite book | last = Pickering, Jr. | first = Samuel| title = Indian Summer | publisher = University of Missouri Press | location = Columbia | year = 2005 | isbn = 0826215963

References

External links

* [http://english.uconn.edu/directory/people_directory_documents/pickerin.pdf Pickering's resumé]