Born:January 29, 1930
New York, New York,
United States Of America
Current Home:
Orange, Connecticut,
United States Of America
Christopher Collier PhD
Biography
Christopher Collier was born in New York City in 1930. He attended Clark University where he earned his B.A. and he received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. He has taught school in Connecticut and at Teachers College, Columbia University. He is currently Professor of American History at the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.
He was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize for a book for adults, Roger Sherman's Connecticut: Yankee Politics and the American Revolution.
My Brother Sam Is Dead, published in 1974, gave readers a realistic view of the Revolutionary War on the eve of the U.S. Bicentennial in 1976. It was a Newbery Honor Book in 1975 and was designated a Notable Book by the American Library Association. It was also nominated for a National Book Award in 1975. Jump Ship to Freedom was named a Notable Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies in 1981 by a joint committee of the National Council for the Social Studies and the Children's Book Council.
Like his brother James, Christopher Collier is by avocation a musician (his instruments are the trumpet and flugelhorn). He and his wife Bonnie live in Orange, Connecticut, in an old (1790) house they have restored. He is the father of two sons and a daughter.
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My Brother Sam is Dead
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My Brother Sam is Dead
by Christopher CollierDuring the Revolutionary War, Tim Meeker must face the issue of loyalty to himself, his family, and his country. When his brother, Sam, returns from the war an American Patriot in defiance of their Loyalist father, a bitter family struggle ensues. "This stirring and authoritative novel earns a place beside our best historical fiction." - Horn Book Mature Content.
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Elijah of Buxton
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Elijah of Buxton
by Christopher Paul CurtisElijah is the first child born into freedom in Buxton, Canada, a settlement of runaway slaves just over the border. But when a former slave steals money from Elijah's friend, who has been saving to buy his family out of captivity, Elijah embarks on a dangerous journey to America in pursuit of the thief, and he discovers first-hand the unimaginable horrors of the life his parents fled. "Show[s] an emotional range and a subtlety unusual in children's fiction. A fine, original novel from a gifted
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