- William Farina
Infobox Writer
name = William Edward Farina
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caption = William Farina
birthdate =December 7 1955
birthplace =LaPorte, Indiana
occupation = Author, Essayist
nationality =United States
genre = Popular Non-FictionWilliam Edward Farina (b.
December 7 1955 ,LaPorte, Indiana ) is an American essayist and writer of popular non-fiction.Biography
Farina was born, reared and educated in
LaPorte, Indiana . He attendedValparaiso University on a baseball athletic scholarship and received his bachelor’s degree with a double major in English and Philosophy in 1978, then a law degree from the same institution in 1981. That same year he became a member of the Illinois bar and moved toChicago .Since 1979, he has enjoyed a successful career as a real estate analyst and consultant. The grandson of Sicilian immigrants on his father’s side, Farina is also a
Mayflower descendant from his mother’s family. Broad contrasts in ethnic and cultural identities characterize his work. He and his wife, Marion Buckley, live inEvanston, Illinois .Career
Dismayed by the results of the , Farina resolved to devote spare time to the field of education. Foremost among his activities has been a projected series of short books on various scholarly topics, written from a layman’s perspective. Farina’s first collection, titled "De Vere as Shakespeare: An Oxfordian Reading of the Canon" (McFarland & Company, 2006) addresses the Shakespeare authorship question.
It won the 2007 Award for Scholarly Excellence presented by the Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference of Concordia University-Portland, and recently earned praise in Washington State University’s Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature. His second book, "Ulysses S. Grant, 1861-1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness", released in 2007, covers the early Civil War career of Grant from the perspective of Farina’s maternal ancestors, all of whom fought for the Confederacy.
Farina's third work, "Perpetua of Carthage: Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr", is scheduled for release in late 2008.
Works
"De Vere as Shakespeare: An Oxfordian Reading of the Canon" (2006)
"Ulysses S. Grant, 1861-1864: His Rise from Obscurity to Military Greatness" (2007)
"Perpetua of Carthage: Portrait of a Third-Century Martyr" (2008)Quotes
"A more enlightened view is that Grant’s many faults underscore the profundity of his greatness. It also points the way to a better understanding of other American heroes, who were perhaps not as flawless as they are often made out to be by mythmakers posing as educators." "(Ulysses S. Grant, 1861-1864)"
External links
* [http://www.farinabooks.com Bill Farina's official website]
* [http://www.mcfarlandpub.com/searches/advanced_search2.php?advanced=farina William Farina at McFarland Publishing]
* [http://www.authorshipstudies.org The Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference]
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