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Samuel F. Pickering Jr.

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in Nashville, Tennessee, The United States

September 30, 1941

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Sam Pickering is Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Conneticut.

Samuel F. Pickering Jr. (also known as Sam) was born in Nashville, attended Montgomery Bell Academy and the University of the South, and took advanced degrees at Cambridge and Princeton on his way to becoming a scholar of children's literature. In addition to scholarly books and articles, his writing life has been built on the familiar essay, where his wit, crusty affability, and sense of wonder often tinged with mischief shine through what he calls "forthright, workaday sentences." His topics range from wildflowers in Nova Scotia to small town gossip in Tennessee to the fusty pretensions of university life. As exercises in "gilding the mundane," Pickering's essa ...more

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Average rating: 3.78 · 180 ratings · 28 reviews · 36 distinct works • Similar authors

	Letters to a Teacher 3.82 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2004 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreamtime: A Happy Book really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2011 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best of Pickering 3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Let It Ride 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1991 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Walkabout Year: Twelve Months in Australia (Volume 1) 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still Life 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edinburgh Days, or Doing What I Want to Do (Non Series) 2.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Right Distance really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1987 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Continuing Education 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1985 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	May Days 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“...like the emperor striding confidently along without clothes, convinced by them and their inward monitions that their criticism is effecting changes in society.”
― Samuel Pickering

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“Liveliness in a teacher does not mean that students will be lively.”
― Sam Pickering, The Splendour Falls: Essays

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“I also describe little jaunts around northeastern Connecticut. At the end of November local artists opened their studios to visitors. One Saturday Vicki and I drove to Woodstock and ate lunch in Mrs. Bridges’ Pantry.”
― Sam Pickering, The Splendour Falls: Essays

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