Dan McCall

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Dan McCall


Born
in The United States
January 14, 1940

Died
June 17, 2012


Dan received his Bachelor of Arts from Stanford University, later attending Columbia University for his PhD. Upon graduation in 1966, he came to Cornell University where he taught American literature and creative writing to generations of Cornell students over the next 40 years. He is the author of several novels, including Jack the Bear (1974), Beecher (1979), Bluebird Canyon (1983), Triphammer (1990), and Messenger Bird (1993). Jack the Bear was translated into over a dozen languages, and was released as a 20th Century Fox film in 1993, starring Gary Sinise, Reese Witherspoon, and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, among others. His critical and scholarly books include The Example of Richard Wright (1969), The Silence of Bartleby (1989), Citizens of So ...more

Average rating: 3.97 · 693 ratings · 68 reviews · 15 distinct worksSimilar authors
Jack the Bear

3.85 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1974 — 13 editions
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The Silence of Bartleby

4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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Messenger Bird (A HARVEST B...

3.40 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Bluebird Canyon

3.13 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1983 — 9 editions
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Triphammer

4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1990 — 7 editions
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Boy On A Unicycle: Confessi...

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Citizens of Somewhere Else:...

4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
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The Example of Richard Wright

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1969 — 3 editions
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Beecher

2.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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The Man Says Yes

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1969 — 4 editions
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“one way to understand people is to pay attention to what they love.”
Dan McCall, Queen of Hearts

“The thing about the past is you can't fix it. It's not there. It won't stay put.”
Dan McCall, Queen of Hearts

“People are what they can do and what they can't help.”
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