Keith McCune

Infobox Writer
name = Keith Michael McCune


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birthdate = December 23, 1955
birthplace = United States
occupation = Novelist, linguist, churchplanter|
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website = http://www.ratsofhamelin.com

Keith Michael McCune is a linguist, novelist, and churchplanter. His study of Indonesian roots has been called "perhaps the most detailed and complete single work in the field of phonosemantics," [Margaret Magnus. " [http://www.trismegistos.com/Dissertation/LitReview.htm What's in a Word?: Studies in Phonosemantics] ." (web page)] while his retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin earned praise from Michael Boyer, the official Piper Piper of Hamelin, Germany. [Adam McCune & Keith McCune. "The Rats of Hamelin." Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2005. Back cover.]

Biography

McCune was born in 1955 to Frederick and Marguerite McCune. He attended college at the University of Virginia and went on to get his doctorate in linguistics at the University of Michigan, [Moody Publishers. " [http://www.moodypublishers.com/Publishers/default.asp?SectionID=DA0DB250205240A3B2D27CB97458709F&action=view_details&subid=6EE2F02EE0004366AC0B4F7AA78D0531 Adam & Keith McCune] ." 2005. (web page)] where he met Grace Osborn, who was also pursuing a doctorate in linguistics and later married him.

He and Grace joined The Evangelical Alliance Mission and spent five years in the Philippines, translating part of Genesis into Ibanag. In 1992, shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union, they moved to Russia, where they planted churches in Moscow, Makhachkala, and Krasnodar. [The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). "Russia." "TEAM Horizons (DVD)," vol. 1, iss. 1. Carol Stream, IL: The Evangelical Alliance Mission, 2005-2006. (promotional video)] They are now continuing their ministry in Odessa, Ukraine. [Brent L. Preston. [http://www.teamworld.org/_documents/horizons/volume2_issue1/horizons_v2_i1_odessa.pdf "Odessa: The City of Humor."] "TEAM Horizons," vol. 2, iss. 1. Carol Stream, IL: The Evangelical Alliance Mission, 2006-2007. p. 10.]

Keith and Grace have three children, Adam, Arwen, and Eden. [The Evangelical Alliance Mission (TEAM). [http://www.teamworld.org/LEARN/ShowMissionary.aspx?key=A06E40EF8E694E0D80432C385B2A3A43 "McCune, Keith and Grace."] 2008. (web page)]

Publications

*"The Internal Structure of Indonesian Roots" (Nusa, 1985) was his two-volume doctoral thesis at University of Michigan in 1983 before it was published two years later in Jakarta, Indonesia by the Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya, as volumes 21 and 22 of their NUSA series. [Ralph Emerson. " [http://www.trismegistos.com/IconicityInLanguage/Articles/Emerson.html The Phonosemantics of Nasal-Stop Clusters] ." (web page, reprinted from " [http://www.verbatimmag.com/general.html Verbatim: The Language Quarterly] ")]
*"The Tale of the Good Wife" ("Cricket" magazine) is a retelling of a folk tale from Dagestan, a province of Russia where McCune spent two years planting a church.
*"The Rats of Hamelin" (Moody Publishers, 2005) is a historical fantasy novel he coauthored with his son, Adam McCune. It is a retelling of the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.

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External links

* [http://www.ratsofhamelin.com The Rats of Hamelin website]
* [http://kgmccune.blogspot.com Keith McCune's blog]
* [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=307171862 Keith McCune's MySpace Music page]
*McCune [http://www.teamworld.org/LEARN/ShowMissionary.aspx?key=A06E40EF8E694E0D80432C385B2A3A43 missionary page] on the website of The Evangelical Alliance Mission