Brock Brower

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Brock Brower
Born
Brock Hendrickson Brower

(1931-11-27)November 27, 1931
Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedApril 16, 2014(2014-04-16) (aged 82)
Santa Barbara, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Journalist, author
Years active1959–2006
Known forEsquire magazine profiles
Notable workThe Late Great Creature (1972)
SpouseAnn Montgomery (married 1956-2014)
Children5

Brock Hendrickson Brower (November 27, 1931 – April 16, 2014) was an American novelist, magazine journalist, and TV writer of various magazines, including

Harper’s Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine.[1][2][3]

Background

The son of

Oxford University's Merton College.[1][2][5]

Career

From 1956 to 1958, Brower served two years in the U.S. Army in intelligence at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[2]

In 1959, he joined Esquire], for which he wrote profiles of Alger Hiss, Norman Mailer, and Mary McCarthy.[1]

He also wrote profiles of Vice Presidents

Ted Kennedy just before the Chappaquiddick incident in 1969.[1][2]

In the late 1970s, he "helped originate" the ABC News program

Children’s Television Workshop).[1][2]

From 1989 to 1991, he was a speechwriter for Attorney General

Richard Thornburgh.[1][2]

From 1996 to 2006, he taught journalism at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, and was a writer-in-residence at Princeton University.[1][2][6]

Personal life and death

In 1956, he married Ann Montgomery, an American fashion model, in Paris.[1][2]

Brower died of cancer in Santa Barbara, California, on April 16, 2014, at age 82.[1][2]

Survivors include his wife, five children (Monty, Emily, Elizabeth, Margaret, and Alison), brother Charles, and five grandchildren. He was predeceased by Anne C. Brower, bone radiologist and Episcopal priest.[1][2]

Awards

Awards made to Brower include:[2]

His 1972 comedic novel The Late Great Creature was nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction.[1][2]

Works

Books:

  • Debris (1967)
  • The Inchworm War and the Butterfly Peace (1970)
  • The Late Great Creature (1972, 2011)[7]
  • Putting America’s House in Order (1996) with co-author
    David M. Abshire
  • Blue Dog, Green River (2005)

Articles for Esquire:

  • "The Art of Fiction CXI" (December 1959)[8]
  • "A Lament for Old-Time Radio" (April 1960)[9]
  • "The Great Bubble Gum War" (September 1960)[10]
  • "The Problems of Alger Hiss" (December 1960)[11]
  • "Who's in Among the Analysts" (July 1961)[12]
  • "Fraternities" (October 1961)[13]
  • "The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Revisited" (March 1962)[14]
  • "Mary McCarthyism" (July 1962)[15]
  • "The Brothers Cassini" (February 1963)[16]
  • "The Vulgarization of American Demonology" (June 1964)[17]
  • "Rockabye" (April 1968)[18]
  • "Dylan’s Boathouse" (January 1971)[19]
  • "Play It Again, Sam, Bogie, Harry, Wendell, Claude" (November 1971)[20]
  • "The Conscience of Leon Jaworski" (February 1975)[21]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Bernstein, Albert (29 April 2014). "Brock Brower, magazine journalist, novelist and TV writer, dies at 82". Washington Post. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Obituaries 4/30/14". Town Topics. 30 April 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Obituaries". Rhodes Trust. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  4. ^ "Alums of The Dartmouth make their mark in journalism". The Dartmouth. 16 April 1999. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  5. ^ Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900–1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 453.
  6. ^ "Brower, Brock, 1931–". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  7. ^ Olmsted, Larry (22 September 2011). "40 Years Later, Acclaimed Novel Back From Dead". Forbes. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  8. ^ Brower, Brock (December 1959). "The Art of Fiction CXI: A posthumous interview with Wm. Shakespeare". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  9. ^ Brower, Brock (April 1960). "A Lament for Old-Time Radio: Those dear dead old radio days beyond recall". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  10. ^ Brower, Brock (September 1960). "The Great Bubble Gum War: Mighty industries clash in the struggle to fill the mandibles of card-carrying children". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  11. ^ Brower, Brock (December 1960). "The Problems of Alger Hiss: The past, the small jobs and a certain notoriety". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  12. ^ Brower, Brock (July 1961). "Who's in Among the Analysts: Or how to tell one from the other before you settle for the couch". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  13. ^ Brower, Brock (October 1961). "Fraternities: It's national vs. local in this civil war". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  14. ^ Brower, Brock (March 1962). "The Abraham Lincoln Brigade Revisited: They have another bridgehead now". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  15. ^ Brower, Brock (March 1962). "Mary McCarthyism: The lady is pretty and nice and smart. Smarter than you are, probably". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  16. ^ Brower, Brock (February 1963). "The Brothers Cassini: Oleg and Igor: the Clothes and the Column". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  17. ^ Brower, Brock (June 1964). "The Vulgarization of American Demonology: What was once, monster-wise, noble and true and frightening has become no more than a comic shadow of its former self". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  18. ^ Brower, Brock (April 1968). "Rockabye: If at last you don't succeed, die, die, die again". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  19. ^ Brower, Brock (January 1971). "Dylan's Boathouse: For sale: chrmg wterside cottge w/slp-in quartrs for the Muse". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  20. ^ Brower, Brock (November 1971). "Play It Again, Sam, Bogie, Harry, Wendell, Claude: One more time, those good old Forties' blues". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  21. ^ Brower, Brock (February 1975). "The Conscience of Leon Jaworski: Never underestimate it; those who did are very, very sorry". Esquire. Retrieved 7 February 2018.

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